Jeff Davis Pie

My mother’s recipe passed down from her mother to her.

¾ cup sugar (or a little more)

2 Tbsp flour
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp allspice (other version has 1 tsp)
¼ tsp cloves (other version has 1 tsp)
¼ tsp ginger
¼ tsp apple pie spice (none in other version)
¼ tsp nutmeg (none in other version)
pinch salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
2 Tbsp oleo or butter
1 tsp vanilla

In sauce pan mix together sugar, flour and spices. Add milk. Cook stirring over medium high heat till full boil. Add ½ tsp water to egg yolks and dash of salt. Beat with fork til mixed. Stir into cooking pie filling. Cook 1 minute longer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add butter and vanilla. Cool and pour into cooked and cooled 9-inch pie shell. Top with meringue and brown.

Meringue

3 egg whites
¼ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp vanilla
6 Tbsp sugar

Beat egg whites, and cream of tartar till peaks, add sugar one Tbsp at a time. Beat after each Tbsp of sugar. Add vanilla. Put on pie. Brown.

This recipe was my grandmother Mary Thomas's. It is a wonderful spice cream pie. She did not have this recipe written down. One year when I was in Wagoner visiting, I asked Grandma for this recipe. We decided to make one and as she added the ingredients she told me what to write down. It was fun - a pinch of this - a pinch of that! Now we can pass this recipe down to others. –Mary