Mrs. Eddie Bell’s Charolette Ruth Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Graham cracker pie shell, plus extra crumbs for garnish

Steps

1. Scald the milk and let it cool.
2. Mix the water, gelatin, sugar and egg yolks with the milk and cook.
3. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the cooked mixture with the vanilla and salt.
4. Pour into the pie shell and garnish with more crumbs.

Notes

Newspaper clipping pasted on Rosie Lee’s “Pie” index card, along with several other pie clippings on both sides; both sides of the card are shown below.

From Mrs. Eddie Bell, La Prairie, Ill. The name is spelled “Charolette Ruth” on the clipping (a take on Charlotte Russe).

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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