Name: Date Pie
Ingredients: 1 pound of datfis; a pinch of cinna- mon; 3 esjes; salt

Date Pie

A pie made with dates, eggs, milk, cinnamon, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients

Date Pie

Ingredients

1 pound of datfis
a pinch of cinna- mon
3 esjes
salt

Directions

Make the filling

Cover 1 pound of dates (molasses cut) with water and cook until ready to sift.
Sift the cooked dates.
Add 3 eggs.
Add 1 quart milk, a pinch of cinnamon, and salt.

Bake

Bake with bottom crust.

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Dates (in the method): Provide the main sweet, fruity body of the filling once cooked and sifted.
Eggs (in the method): Help the filling set and give it structure as it bakes.
Milk (in the method): Adds moisture and body to the custard-like filling.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.