Cooking Recipes - Hot Water Pie Crust  &   Peach Dreams

Hot Water Pie Crust - Kindly contributed by: Effie Dewar  efda@nbnet.nb.ca

What you need: 1 pound lard or shortening; 1 cup boiling water.

What to do:

Mix above with mixer or potato masher, let cool. When cool add 4 cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt.  Mix well, makes 9 pie shells.  Freezes well. Easy to roll out.

Peach Dreams - Kindly contribute by: Mrs. Charles W. Herlitzke

Ingredients:

1 can peach halves

2 tbs. butter

1 pkg. marshmallows

3 tbs. sugar

1 tbs. cornstarch

Directions: Place peach halves in a shallow pan, place a marshmallow in center of each and place in oven until brown. Allow to cool. Make a sauce of the juice by adding the butter, sugar and cornstarch. Cool until thick, chill. Place a peach in sherbet dish, cover with sauce and chill again. Garnish with spoon of whipped cream, a maraschino cherry or chopped nuts and add a sprig of mint if desired.