It was a date!

This week the ingredient of dates was an opportunity to time travel for me. Dad LOVED dates and Mom often made date squares and other sweets. I remember a date pie from years ago that I tried to revisit with a custard date pie recipe someone gave me but it was too…. custardy. This one I found online is this one I remember as the old-fashioned version. Yum. And it’s easy too. If you should have a purchased (Mom wouldn’t be impressed I’m sure) piecrust to bake it takes only a few moments to make the filling. It is sweet though – isn’t that what desserts are supposed to be?

Date Pie

1 pound dates, pitted
water
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flour
1 egg, well beaten
1 baked pastry shell, 9-inch
Whipped Cream

Cut dates into quarters. Place in saucepan, cover with water, and simmer, covered, until tender. Mix together milk, sugar, salt, and flour; add to date mixture, then add beaten egg. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool and pour into pastry shell . When firm, cover date pie with Whipped Cream Topping.Above are the naked and dressed with whipped cream shots. I didn’t get any photos of Tim tasting the pie as I couldn’t figure out the high speed setting on my camera but he did say, “ummm, you win this week” when he was wolfing it down. I have explained to him several times the premise of this foodie blog but the competitive streak that he has does not allow for anything but win/lose options. His other pearl of wisdom was that “you’d really have to like dates” but I feel that would go without saying if you were choosing to eat date pie! The perishable nature of the pie and whipped topping will not be an issue I’m guessing. Until next weekend.