Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Author: CND

  • Pizza Dough

    Ingredients

    • 4 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 1/2 cups water
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast

    Method

    1. Activate yeast in water.
    2. Add flour and salt, mix dough using dough hook attachment on stand mixer.
    3. Cover and let rise 2 hours.
    4. Punch down dough.
    5. Divide dough into thirds and ball.
    6. Cover and let dough rest 1 hour.
    7. Roll out 1 ball of dough, add toppings, and bake according to directions for toppings.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.

  • Crumb Pie Topping

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
    • 3/4 cup oatmeal
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 cup butter

    Method

    1. In stand mixer using paddle attachment on low, combine everything except the butter.
    2. Add butter and mix until a coarse crumb mixture forms.
    3. Use instead of a top crust on a fruit pie, bake according to directions for filling.

    Source

  • Lemon Meringue Pie

    Ingredients

    Lemon Curd

    • 1/4 cup cornstarch
    • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 2 cups boiling water
    • 3 egg yolks
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1 tablespoon lemon peel finely grated
    • 6 tablespoons lemon juice

    Meringue

    • 3 egg whites
    • 6 tablespoons icing sugar
    • 3/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

    Crust

    Method

    • Preheat oven to 425°F.

    Lemon Curd

    1. Mix cornstarch, flour, 1 cup sugar, and salt together in a small saucepan.
    2. Gradually stir in boiling water.
    3. Beat egg yolks and add to cornstarch mixture.
    4. Cook 5-7 minutes over medium-low heat stirring constantly.
    5. Cook 5 more minutes stirring occasionally.
    6. Remove from heat, add butter, peel, and juice.
    7. Cover and cool.
    8. Pour into pie shell.

    Meringue

    1. Beat egg whites to soft peaks using a metal whisk in a metal bowl.
    2. Add sugar and cream of tartar, beat to stiff peaks.
    3. Spread meringue over filling.

    Pie

    • Bake until meringue is browned.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.

  • Saskatoon Pie Filling

    Ingredients

    • 4 cups saskatoon berries
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1/2 cup sugar
    • 2 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
    • pie crust

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
    2. Mix saskatoons with lemon juice.
    3. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and corn starch.
    4. Mix sugar with saskatoons.
    5. Prepare the bottom crust.
    6. Pour saskatoon mixture into crust.
    7. Add top crust.
    8. Bake for 15 minutes.
    9. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
    10. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes (finished pie should slip inside the pie plate).

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.

  • Apple Pie Filling

    Ingredients

    • 2 pounds apples (6-8) (firm, tart varieties are best)
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 3/4 cup sugar
    • 2 tablespoons corn starch
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • pie crust

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Peel, core, and thinly slice apples.
    3. Mix apples with lemon juice.
    4. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, corn starch, and cinnamon.
    5. Mix sugar with apples.
    6. Prepare the bottom crust.
    7. Pour apple mixture into crust.
    8. Dot the top of the apple mixture with butter.
    9. Add top crust.
    10. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes (finished pie should slip inside the pie plate).

    Source

    Complete Step-by-Step Cook Book (out of print).