Cookbook:Sunglow Motel-Cafe Pickle Pie

Sunglow Motel-Cafe Pickle Pie
Category	Pie and tart recipes
Yield	2 pies
Difficulty

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The Sunglow Motel-Cafe in Bicknell, Utah serves the unique pickle pie, developed by Cula Ekker. This is their recipe, as it appeared in a Salt Lake Tribune article that is framed and hangs on the cafe's wall.

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 cup + 2 tbsp light cream
• ⅛ cup margarine, melted
• 12 oz sweet pickles, drained and ground
• 2 unbaked 9-inch pie shells

Procedure

1. Beat eggs and sugar until lemon-colored and thick; beat in cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon extract, cornstarch, cream and margarine.
2. Stir ground sweet pickles into mixture.
3. Pour pickle mixture into unbaked pie shells.
4. Bake at 350°F for 1–1.25 hours, until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.