Submitted by Terry Arps, trustee and mayor.
This is an Arps family recipe shared with my wife, Starlene, by a high school friend. It is made at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and by special request in lieu of a cake for birthdays.
Pie Crust (One crust pie)
1 cup flour
½ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening or lard
2-2½ Tablespoons cold water
Combine flour and salt.
Cut in shortening until it looks like course meal / tiny peas.
Add water and stir with a fork until mixed.
Shape into a ball; roll to a sheet; form rolled dough into a 9” pie plate.
Pie filling
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees
3 Eggs
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon molasses
1/3 cup melted butter
Combine above ingredients and beat thoroughly.
1 cup chopped Couch pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Stir in pecans and vanilla.
Partially bake pie crust shell in 450 deg oven 5-7 minutes.
Reduce oven temp to 375 degrees.
Add filling to shell and return to oven for 40-50 minutes or until knife comes out moist but not “gooey” with filling.