Ingredients:
- puff paste
- Damson plums
- cinnamon
- sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tablespoons cold water
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Preparation:
Line a pan with puff paste; put in a layer of Damson plums; sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Put in the oven, and let it bake until the crust is done; take from the oven; put on top a batter made from three eggs, one cup of sugar, three tablespoons of cold water, one cup of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder. This is sufficient batter to cover three pies. Serve warm.
MRS. JULIA P. ECKHART.
Recipes 1894 Style |Pies 1894 Style
Adapted from Recipes Tried and True, compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church, Marion, Ohio, 1894, a source in the public domain.
The recipes in this collection are representative of cooking in America in the late 19th century, and the compilation of a cookbook shows the ways in which women were beginning to organize and act both within their traditional roles and outside of traditional expectations. The recipes are presented exactly as written in 1894, and may not conform to current nutritional or food preparation standards. Try at your own risk.
