Japanese Pie Recipes

GRANDMAMA'S JAPANESE FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Place raisins in a small bowl and cover with boiling water, set aside for five minutes and then drain.
• Cream together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and beat again until well incorporated, 1-2 minutes.
• Add all other ingredients and stir by hand until well incorporated. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, or until set in the center. Allow to cool completely and then cover and refrigerate several hours before serving.

JAPANESE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Beat eggs; add sugar and butter; add vinegar; mix well.
• 2. Stir the raisins or cranberries, coconut, and pecans into the egg mixture.
• 3. Pour the mixture into unbaked pie crust and bake for 30 minutes at 350. If the crust browns too quickly, adjust the oven to 300.

JAPANESE FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium mixing bowl combine eggs, butter or margarine, sugar, vanilla extract, and vinegar. Beat until smooth. Stir in pecans, coconut, and raisins. Pour mixture into pastry shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Cool before serving.

ASIAN PEAR PIE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix 2 cups of the flour and the salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with ginger ale, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl. Gather pastry into a ball. Divide in half. Shape into 2 flattened rounds on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable.
• Heat oven to 500°F. In small bowl, mix remaining 1/3 cup flour, the brown sugar and five-spice powder. In large bowl, gently toss pears and lemon juice; sprinkle with brown sugar mixture and toss again.
• On lightly floured surface, roll one round of pastry into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths and place in pie plate. Unfold pastry and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Spoon filling into pastry-lined plate; dot with butter.
• Trim overhanging edge of bottom pastry 1/2 inch from rim of plate. Roll other round of pastry. Fold into fourths and cut slits so steam can escape. Place pastry over filling and unfold; trim, seal and flute edge. Brush top with egg white. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place pie plate on a cookie sheet. Place in oven.
• Reduce oven temperature to 400°F. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.

JAPANESE PIE

Steps:

• Melt margarine in a suacepan.
• Add sugar, eggs, and vinegar, beat well.
• Add remaining ingredients, beat together.
• Pour into an unbaked pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

JAPANESE FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Stir ingredients together in order given.
• Pour into formed 9" pie shell.
• Bake at 325 for 40 minutes.
• To double the recipe, double all ingredients except margarine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTES : To double recipe, double all ingredients except butter.
• Do not use less than the amount listed for one pie, though.

BEA'S JAPANESE FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Dab bottom of pie shell with a little milk or a little egg white to prevent it from being soggy.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar together. I actually do this by hand with a wooden spoon. *Note: Another member, Ann Sumpter, said that you can successfully use 1/2 cup of baking Splenda in lieu of regular sugar. Thanks, Ann.
• 3. Add eggs, vinegar, vanilla and beat well. Add pecans, raisins and coconut and mix well.
• 4. Pour into pie shell, place onto a cookie sheet (in case of a spill over) and bake at 325 for approximately 45-50 minutes.