Pastry and Bars


Lots of stories here...buttertarts that had to be hidden so the boys wouldn't eat them all before anyone else had a chance to get one...my son's favorite 'birthday pie' that he liked even better when he found out it had alcohol in it...yet another of the wonderful tastes that came from my gram's kitchen...and if I can't get pumpkin pie, I'll take apple betty any day, as long as there's lots of cheddar in the fridge!


EVELYN'S BOYS' BUTTERTARTS
2 cups raisins
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla 		2 cups brown sugar
3 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup Beehive corn syrup
Beat ingredients together. Pour into unbaked tart shells. Bake at 300°F for 20-25 minutes or until pastry is done. Yield: 24 tarts


GRASSHOPPER PIE
1 sm. pkg. lime Jell-o
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup Cool Whip, thawed 		1 cup boiling water
1/3 cup Creme de Menthe Liqueur
1-9" chocolate crumb crust
Dissolve jelly powder into boiling water. Add cold water and liqueur. Chill until slightly thickened. Gently fold Cool Whip into mixture. Pour slowly into crust. Refrigerate until firm. Garnish as desired, with drizzled chocolate and a dollop of Cool Whip, plastic grasshoppers on chocolate crumb islands surrounded by seas of CoolWhip - use your imagination!


GRAMMA SHIER'S YUM YUMS
1-1/4 cups flour
4 tsp. brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1-1/2 cups brown sugar 		3 eggs
salt
1 cup coconut
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix flour, 4 tsp. brown sugar and butter until crumbly and pack flat in an 8" x 8" pan. Mix together 1-1/2 cups brown sugar, eggs, salt, coconut and vanilla and pour over crumb mixture. Bake until golden brown at 350°F. Cut into squares while still warm.


APPLE BETTY
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
4-6 apples, peeled and sliced 		2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Place apple slices in an 8" square baking pan. Mix remaining ingredients with fork or hands and spread over apples. Add a little sprinkle of water. Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes. Cool completely.




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