Nebraska Corn Pie Recipes

Steps:

• For the dough: Whisk together the warm water, yeast and 1 teaspoon of the sugar in a small bowl. Set aside until the yeast activates and becomes foamy on top, about 10 minutes.
• Heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan until the butter melts. Allow to cool to less than 115 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, salt and remaining sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the foamy yeast mixture and cooled milk mixture. Turn on the mixer to knead the dough for about 5 minutes. The dough should be a smooth uniform ball that no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put in a warm area until the dough doubles in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• For the filling: In the meantime, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the beef and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Brown the beef, stirring and breaking it up into small pieces, about 5 minutes. Once browned, transfer to a bowl and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium, add the cabbage, onions and 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 15 minutes. Add the browned beef back to the skillet, stir it together with the cabbage and onions for 5 minutes. Add the white pepper and additional salt if needed. Take off the heat and set aside to cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• When the dough has doubled in size, punch it down and divide it into 10 equal-size balls, about 3 1/2 ounces each. Roll a ball into a rectangle, roughly 6- by 8- inches. Spread 1/2 cup of the cooled filling in the center of the rectangle. Bring the two long sides of dough together so the seam is facing up and pinch them together. Pinch the short ends shut as well. You should have a rectangular shape. Put the filled dough seam-side down on one of the prepared baking sheets. Repeat with the remaining 9 balls and the filling. There should be 5 pies per baking sheet. Cover the meat pies with a dish towel and allow them to rest for about 20 minutes. Bake in the oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While the pies bake, melt the butter. As soon as the meat pies come out of the oven, brush the tops with the melted butter and serve with ketchup.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425º.
• Prick crust well on bottom and sides with fork, par-bake pastry crust with parchment paper and pie weight beans for 5-7 minutes until firm but not brown. (Remove beans and parchment paper.)
• Stir together rest of ingredients except paprika and parsley. Pour carefully into pie shell.
• Sprinkle with a little paprika.
• Bake 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350º and bake 30 minutes longer or until center is almost firm. Cool about 10 minutes.
• Garnish with fresh chopped parsley if desired.

Steps:

• Mix together all ingredients except corn.
• Add 1-1/2 c drained whole corn. Mix all together.
• Heat 2 T margarine or butter. (Add a tiny amount of oil to keep margarine from burning).
• Drop batter by double tablespoons to make small oval cakes.
• Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes or until brown on both sides. Turn only once.
• The dough is a little wetter than pancake batter; that's OK.
• Cooking Tip: For APPLE FRITTERS add a little more sugar.

Steps:

• Place 3 strips of slightly cooked bacon in the bottom of a baking dish. Place the other strips around the sides. Add a layer of bread crumbs, and then a layer of peeled, sliced tomatoes and green pepper. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and sugar. Over this, place a layer of corn, and continue with alternate layers until the dish is filled. Cover with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake at 375° for 35 minutes.