Poor Mans Pie Recipes

COMFORTING POOR MAN'S SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Make mashed potatoes using the 10 potatoes. I boiled my potatoes, drain and then mash wtih butter and milk to a smooth consistency.
• While the potatoes are cooking, brown the ground beef until thoroughly cooked. Drain and rinse off grease.
• Grease a casserole or baking dish with butter or spray with Pam.
• Once potatoes are mashed, line the bottom and sides of the casserole dish with a little under 2/3 of the potatoes. Make it look like a crust.
• Mix together the ground beef and creamed corn. Pour into the casserole as the filling.
• Top the filling with the remaining mashed potatoes, spreading to the sides and having it meet the "crust".
• Bake in a 400 degree oven until the top is lightly browned - about 30 to 45 minutes.

GRANDMA'S POOR MAN'S PIE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350º.
• Mix the cream, sugar, and flour.
• Pour into an unbaked 8" pie shell.
• Float several thin pats of butter on top.
• Sprinkle with ground nutmeg.
• Bake at 350º for 30-45 minutes or until top is a nice golden brown.
• Chill, then refrigerate until ready to serve.

POOR MAN'S SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Brown ground chuck with onions and seasonings to taste.
• Add tomato soup and corn.
• Top with mashed potatoes and shredded cheese.
• Pop in oven until cheese melts.

POOR MAN'S SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring water and brown rice to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over high heat, brown the ground beef and drain fat.
• Stir the mushroom soup, green onion, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and pepper into the skillet with the beef. Simmer on medium low heat for 10 minutes. Serve over the rice.

POOR MAN'S PIE (MILK PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F (160°C). Put the sugars, flour, and salt into the crust and gently mix by hand, ensuring that there are no clumps of flour. Drizzle the milk over the sugar mixture, but do not mix the milk with the sugar. You can add vanilla or almond flavoring if desired (instead of cinnamon). Dot the top of the pie with the pieces of butter and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to set for at least 30 minutes before serving.

POOR MAN'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Line a large 9-inch pie plate with rolled out pastry dough, prick with a fork and bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and reduce heat to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour and salt.
• Mix well and spread evenly over the bottom of the crust.
• Warm cream in the microwave, (warm, not hot) and then carefully pour the warmed cream over the sugar mixture, completely covering it.
• In bits, dab butter over the cream.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes to an hour, or until golden spots form on the top.
• The filling will seem liquid but will become firmer as it cools.

POOR MAN'S PIE

Steps:

• 1. Have a pie crust prepared.
• 2. Cook over heat all the above ingredients except the vanilla. When the mixture thickens, add vanilla and pour into pie crust.
• 3. Let cool and serve with Cool Whip.

AMISH POOR MAN'S BREAD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*.
• Roll out and line an 8" pie pan.
• Crumble the hard bread, (You will need enough bread to fill pie shell).
• Add sugar, flour and cinnamon, sprinkling evenly over top of bread.
• Fill pie shell with milk to within 1/2" of top edge.
• Bake until the pie is firm in the middle and you don't see any juice in the middle.

POOR MAN'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes; season with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Drain excess grease. Stir cream of mushroom soup and green beans into ground beef and bring to a simmer.
• Spread ground beef mixture into a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Spread mashed potatoes evenly over ground beef mixture. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.