Depression-Era Water Pie
Flour, sugar, butter, and water turn into a custardy dessert in the oven. This Depression-era recipe should not work, but it does.
Total: 70 min
Ingredients
- •1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
- •3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- •3/4 cup granulated sugar
- •3 tbsp butter, cut into small pieces
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •2 cups cold water
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- 2
Place the pie crust in a 9-inch pie dish and crimp the edges.
- 3
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and sugar. Sprinkle this mixture evenly across the bottom of the pie crust.
- 4
Scatter the butter pieces over the flour-sugar mixture.
- 5
Drizzle the vanilla extract over everything.
- 6
Slowly pour the cold water into the pie crust. Do not stir — let the layers sit as they are.
- 7
Carefully transfer to the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees F.
- 8
Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake for another 25-30 minutes until the top is golden and the center is just barely set. It will jiggle slightly.
- 9
Cool on a wire rack for at least 2 hours. The filling firms up as it cools.
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