Jyl’s Fruit Cocktail Pie
Today I’m happy to bring a guest post for Fruit Cocktail Pie from Jyl. I was going to introduce her as “My friend,Jyl’ but the more I think about it, it may be more suitable to call her “My accomplice, Jyl” because we’re always scheming together over one thing or another. Between the two of us, we’ve just about got the whole world peace thing solved and figured out how to eradicate hunger and poverty. We’re just waiting on folks to turn over the keys to the universe so we can put our plans into action 🙂 After y’all read this, if you want to visit some more with Jyl, be sure and visit her over at her blog, The Post It Place, and tell her Christy sent ya!
Gratefully,
Christy
Hey y’all! I’m tickled to be here on SouthernPlate today, posting while Christy wheels around trying to get her work done. I’ve seen her wheeling around and trust me, that wheel chair hasn’t slowed her down any. If anything, putting wheels on her has sped things up considerably! So while she’s busy chipping paint off her walls and making a bigger mess than usual in her kitchen, I’m gonna show you a pie recipe from my Grandmother.
This is one of those old recipes, written on a scrap of paper that is so aged and stained that you can barely read it anymore.
Well worn, well loved and well used.
It also has those strange directions that only our Grandmother’s knew how to interpret. Like one of the ingredients is fruit cocktail in a 303 can. Huh?? Thank goodness for Google since neither of my grandmother’s are still living to ask what size a 303 can is.
There was a lot about this pie that I had to interpret and figure out by trial and error, but it was soooo very worth it! The current recipe I use is below. It has actually become one of my favorite pies to make and to eat.
I hope it will become one of yours as well!
Ingredients
- Fruit Cocktail Pie
- 15 ounce can Fruit Cocktail do not drain
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 egg
- 9 " deep dish pie shell
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together and pour into unbaked pie shell.
- Bake on 375 degrees for 30-45 minutes or until the top is browned and "set".
- Let cool before serving.
It is also really good with whipped topping on it if you want a little something else added to it.
Nutrition
To get Christy’s recipe for Fruit Cocktail Cake, please click here.
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I’m looking forward to making this pie. It looks easy and I’m sure it taste great. Hope you are doing well and up and walking real soon. Prayers sent your way.
This isn’t related to today’s specific post, but I was just looking up your recipe for Pizza Rolls and noticed there’s an ad on the Southern Plate site for horse colic medicine. Has there been so much talk about horses lately that you’re drawing new advertisers? 🙂
ROFL!
Never heard of a pie like this, but i’m sure going to make it , cause it look’s good, sounds good, and easy to make, thank you so much.
I hope you like it Dianne, we love it here!
This reminds me of a part in Steel Magnolias where Dolly Parton’s character is talking about a recipe called Cup A. 1 cup fruit cocktail, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup flour and a little ice cream (or whipped cream – can’t remember) to cut the sweet. That always cracked me up – so many wonderful southern sayings in that movie.
Ohh, that is one of my all-time favorite movies!!
I am anxious to try this! I, too, love these old favorite recipes from our past. I just wish that I had some handwritten ones from my grandma and also from my mom. We need to remember to write down some for our children and grandchildren so they will have our handwritten things after we are gone. They will appreciate it one of these days. I recently found a letter written by my grandpa some 50 years ago and he was telling me how proud of me he was. It is just a plain letter, written with a pencil, but it is priceless to me.
Oh how I agree Betty. Several years ago I took all of my great-grandmother’s, and grandmother’s handwritten recipes and compiled them in a book then made copies for all my sisters and cousins. It is one of the most treasured things to all of us.
this looks so yummy! So enjoy your messages!
This sounds like a great winter time pie when summer fruits are gone or I am snowed in and must make do with what I have squirreled away in the pantry. Also frugal which is always a plus with me!
It is a very frugal recipe Elaine, which adds to it’s appeal and the great thing is it doesn’t taste frugal! I always like to make several when I have to take a dish somewhere because it is so easy on the budget and is always a big hit.