Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 12 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 13 cup boiling water
  • 23 cup shortening
  • 3 cups gooseberries
  • 1 12 cups sugar
  • 12 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 12 teaspoon clove
  • 18 teaspoon nutmeg

Method

  • Pie Crust: In bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
  • Set aside.
  • Put shortening in a quart size bowl, pour boiling water over, with fork mix until creamy.
  • Add flour mixture and mix into a dough.
  • Chill 1 hour.
  • Roll out for double crust 9 inch pie.
  • Combine gooseberries, 1 cup sugar, and water and cook until berries are tender.
  • Mix remaining sugar, flour, salt and spices together.
  • Stir into gooseberries and cool.
  • Preheat oven 450' degrees F.
  • Pour into prepared pie shell, dot with butter, top with crust, seal edges, prick top with fork.
  • Bake At 450' degrees F for 10 minutes.
  • Reduce to 350' degrees F and bake 25 minutes longer.