The Farm Report from Turkey Hill

Miss Louise's Scuppernong Pie Recipe

3-4 c scuppernongs              2 T cornstarch or arrowroot

Water                                        3 T butter

1 c sugar*                        Cinnamon or Apple Pie Spice

Pastry for 2-crust pie

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.  Wash the grapes.  Use 2 medium-sized enamel or stainless sauce pans; squeeze pulp into one and use other for hulls.  Cover hulls with water and cook until tender, drain.  Cook pulp until soft enough to run through sieve to remove seeds.  Add to hulls.  Mix sugar and cornstarch.  Add to scuppernong mixture and stir it up good.  Sprinkle with spice as desired.  Pour into pastry-lined pie pan, and dot with butter, cover with strips of pastry.  Bake until pie bubbles and pastry is golden.  Serves 6-8.  8" pie.