Binx Gardner's Cream Pie
- 4 cups cream 40% MF
- 6 each egg whites
- 2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
- 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 123 cups sugar
- Hand beat egg whites until somewhat frothy.
- Combine flour, sugar and salt and add to egg whites; beat until smooth, losing grainy look.
- Add vanilla.
- Beat again.
- Add cream and stir until well blended.
- Have ready a baking dish, Pyrex or deep metal pan (milk pan) lined with a short pastry which has been chilled in refrigerator for some time.
- Pour cream mixture into crust and bake in a very slow oven, 250 to 275F (140C)., for 4 hours.
- It must not boil.
- Best done the day before and allowed to set.
- A. K. (Binx) Gardner had the recipe from Mrs. Obadiah Gardner, his mother, who had it from her mother and grandmother.
- The pie is cooked in a very slow oven for 4 hours and allowed to set for at least another day before it is served.
- This is a large pie.
- A small "sliver" of the pie makes a good dessert.
mf, egg whites, flour, salt, vanilla, sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/binx-gardners-cream-pie-50764 (may not work)