Monday, September 3, 2012

Cherry Limeade Pie in a Jar

WOW!
This Cherry Limeade Pie in a Jar just became one of my new favorite desserts.  I love eating these pies out of a little 4 ounce jelly canning jar.  That makes it fun.  The combination of flavors make it delicious.  Try these before the end of the summer for a delightful treat.



I found this recipe on Pinterest from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.

Graham Cracker Crust:
Ingredients:
  • 2 cups Graham Crackers (15 whole sheets)
  • 8 tablespoons margarine or butter (1 stick)
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar 

Gather the ingredients.

Measure 8 tablespoons margarine or butter (1 stick).
Melt in the microwave.

Break 15 sheets of graham crackers into food processor.

Pulse crackers until finely ground.

Mixture will look like this.

Add the melted butter or margarine.

Measure and add 1/4 cup white sugar.

Mix together until well blended.

The sugar and oleo is evenly mixed.

Assemble the 12- 4 ounce canning jars.
These Ball or Mason canning jars can withstand oven temperatures.

Evenly scoop graham crackers into jars, 3-4 tablespoons per jar.

Press into the bottom and up the sides a bit of each jar.

Crust will look like this.

Place jars on a large baking sheet.

Bake for 6 minutes at 350 degrees.

Remove from oven. 
Cool completely and set aside while making the filling.

The Filling:
Ingredients:
  • 8 ounce can frozen limeade
  • 7 ounce (half 14 oz.can) sweetened condensed milk
  • 8 ounce Cool Whip, thawed (non-dairy frozen whipped topping)

Gather the ingredients.

Pour 7 oz. sweetened condensed milk into bowl.
(Half of a 14 oz. can)

Add 8 oz. limeade.

Stir together.

Add 8 oz. Cool Whip

Taste test, and wash spatula.
 How to fold ingredients:

The process of blending a light ingredient, such as beaten egg whites, into a heavier ingredient by lifting from underneath with a spatula or spoon In order to fold ingredients properly, the heavier ingredient is placed at the bottom of a bowl and the lighter above. A motion commonly used to fold the ingredients involves starting at one side of the bowl, moving downward and then across the bottom to the opposite side, enabling the ingredients on top to be brought down into and replacing the ingredients on the bottom. The bowl is then rotated a quarter turn and the motion is repeated. It is important not to completely blend the ingredients together. For example, if beaten egg whites are blended too thoroughly, the egg whites will lose their volume.









Once the ingredients are folded, get the cooled pie jars.

Spoon into each jar.

Leave room at the top for the lid.

Screw lids on each jar.

Place jars in the freezer for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Cherry Topping
Ingredients:
  • 8-oz. carton Cool Whip
  • 2 Tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
  • Jar of maraschino cherries
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Gather the ingredients.

Spoon 8 oz. of Cool Whip into a mixing bowl.

Add  2 Tbsp. cherry juice from the jar of maraschino cherries.

Mix together.

Add 1/4 cup powdered sugar.

Mix together until thoroughly blended.

Place into a plastic freezer bag.

Seal bag and freeze until ready to use.


Before serving:
Keep frozen until time to serve.

Remove lids from jars.

Snip off end of freezer bag.

Squeeze topping onto pie filling in heaping mounds.

Top with a maraschino cherry.

Ready to serve.

Enjoy!











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A Little History


Sonic Drive-In neon sign at the Oklahoma History Center.

History... 1950s


Sonic Drive-In

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Following World War II, Troy N. Smith Sr., Sonic's founder, returned to his hometown of Seminole, Oklahoma, where he became employed as a milkman. He decided to work delivering bread because bread was not as heavy as milk. Soon afterwards, Smith purchased the Cottage Cafe, a little diner in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Before long he sold it and opened a fast food restaurant, Troy's Pan Full of Chicken, on the edge of town. In 1953, Smith went in with a business partner to purchase a five-acre parcel of land that had a log house and a walk-up root beer stand, already named the Top Hat. The two men continued with the operation of the root beer stand and converted the log house into a steak restaurant. After realizing that the stand was averaging $700 a week in the sale of root beer, hamburgers and hot dogs, Smith decided to focus on the more-profitable root beer stand. He also bought out his business partner.[13]
Originally, Top Hat customers would park their automobiles anywhere on the gravel parking lot and walk up to place their orders. However, on a trip to Louisiana, Smith saw a drive-in that used speakers for ordering. He suspected that he could increase his sales by controlling the parking and having the customers order from speakers at their cars, with carhops delivering the food to the cars. Smith borrowed several automobiles from a friend who owned a used-car lot to establish a layout for controlled parking. He also had some so-called "jukebox boys" come in and wire an intercom system in the parking lot. Sales immediately tripled. Charles Woodrow Pappe, an entrepreneur, chanced upon the Shawnee drive-in and was very impressed. He and Smith negotiated the first franchise location in Woodward, Oklahoma, in 1956, based on nothing more than a handshake. By 1958, two more drive-ins were built, in Enid and Stillwater.[13]
Upon learning that the Top Hat name was already trademarked, Smith and Pappe changed the name to Sonic in 1959. The new name worked with their existing slogan, "Service with the Speed of Sound". After the name change, the first Sonic sign was installed at the Stillwater Top-Hat Drive-In, which is why the Stillwater location is officially considered the first Sonic Drive-In; the original sign still can be seen there.



Limeades
The delicious mixtures by which Sonic is known. Tangy limeade with your choice of some favorite SONIC® flavors. It's not just a limeade. It's a limeade from SONIC®. Believe me, there's a big difference.



This Cherry Limeade Pie is reminiscent of the Sonic Cherry Limeade Drink.
Try it for a delectable treat!


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