Grandmas Poor Mans Pie Recipes

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.

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.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a frying pan, cook the beef with the onions until the latter are translucent; stir in the Worcestershire sauce.
• Drain the drippings into a 2-quart glass measure and place the meat mix in a 2-quart casserole dish.
• To the pan drippings, add the beef broth to make 2 cups.
• In the frying pan, place flour mix and stir in the broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the gravy is thick.
• Season with onion salt and pepper and pour about half of the broth over the meat. Top with the mixed vegetables and spoon the mashed potatoes on top.
• Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Serve with the remaining warmed gravy.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a saucepan mix brown sugar, raisins, water and shortening. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. When raisin mixture is cool, add to dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 or 40 minutes. Do not over bake or it will be too dry. Test after 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of cake should come out clean.