Ricotta Sweet Pie
Source of Recipe
Grandpa Martino
Recipe Introduction
This was one of Grandpa's traditional Easter pies. Very Rich but oh so good!
List of Ingredients
Crust:
2 cups flour
6 tbsp. sugar
1 stick margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
Filling:
3 lbs. Ricotta cheese
2 1/4 cups sugar
12 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Recipe
Mix together all the ingrdients for crust. Roll out and line pie plate with the crust. Save extra pie crust dough for topping strips. In a large bowl, mix all the filling ingredients until well mixed. Por the filling into the bottom crust. Using the remaining dough, make strips about 1/2 inch wide and long enought to fit across pie plate. Place strips over top of filling weaving to give the pie a basket weave look. Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
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