Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie David Lettermans Mom Recipes

100 YEAR-OLD OLD FASHIONED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Beat egg whites stiff; add white sugar, flour and salt.
• add egg yolks and beat again.add evaporated milk that has been poured into a one pint cup and finished filling with water.and add brown sugar --.
• add vanilla and mix well.
• pour into 10" unbaked pie shell(glass pie dish preferred).
• bake at 400* until light brown.reduce oven heat to 325* and bake for an additional 30 minutes.

GERSCHUH'S RESTAURANT OLD FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat home oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the sugar with the flour until completely blended. Add the salt and whipping cream.
• Blend the half-and-half with the yolks and stir into the sugar mixture, then add the vanilla.
• Just blend the mixture; do not beat it.
• Pour into an unbaked pie shell, distribute the cold, chopped butter evenly on top of the pie filling and sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
• Bake the pie until the filling is completely set when the pie is jiggled. Bake "until it bubbles through for 10 minutes." In a convection oven that takes and hour and 15 minutes. In the home oven start checking the pie after an hour.
• Gerschuh's.

FLAKY PIE CRUST (DAVID LETTERMAN'S MOM)

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, cut shortening into flour, sugar, and salt until the mix looks like cornmeal or small peas.
• 2. In another bowl, slightly beat egg yolk and combine with milk and lemon juice. Add to flour mixture and mix by hand until it forms ball.
• 3. Roll on well-floured pastry cloth with well-floured rolling pin. This pastry maintains its flaky qualities even after being rolled out a number of times.