Prune Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 cups flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (more if desired)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups lard (shortening works, too)
• 3 lbs prunes, pitted

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 mix together flour, baking powder, salt and 1 cup of sugar.
• 3 cut in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly.
• 4 add enough cold water to make a soft dough.
• 5 knead slightly and cut in half.
• 6 roll out dough, 1/4 inch thick, and line cookie sheet with one. save the other.
• 7 cook prunes in water until soft. drain.
• 8 mash well, adding 2 cups of sugar (to taste, you may not need it all).
• 9 season with cinnamon and cloves.
• 10 spread filling evenly over bottom crust.
• 11 cover with top crust pinch seams and cut steam vents.
• 12 bake until crust is slightly brown.