PROCEDURES FOR HOME FREEZING OF BAKED GOODS --continued 



Food 



Pies-con.: 



Creajn-con. : 

 , Baked before 

 I'reezing-con. 



Pumpkin, squasn, 

 sweetpotato: 

 Baked before 

 freezing 



Procedures considered most appli- 

 cable to home freezing 



Custard: 

 Unbaked 



Baked before 

 freezing 



Pumpkin: 

 Unbaked 



Formula: 



Use standard recipes (127, 148, 

 166, 178) . 



Preparation: 



Use standard procedure (127, 

 148, 166, 178) . 



Cool to room temperature (1, 

 148, 166) . 

 Packaging: 



Pack in metal, glass, or special 

 fiber pie plates, cover with an- 

 other pie plate, and wrap in 

 moistureproof material (1, 166) • 



i'hawing and heating: 

 Cream and chiffon pies may be 

 eaten when partially thawed — 

 20 to 30 minutes — or completely 

 thawed — about 45 minutes (166) • 



Frozen unbaked custard pie is not 

 satisfactory (58, 136, 148, 166) . 



Not recommended (1, 166) • 



Better to freeze pumpkin pie 



unbaked than baked (127, 136) . 

 Formula: 

 Use varieties of pumpkin without 

 coarse fibers (50) . 

 Preparation: 

 Steam pumpkin until just soft 

 enough to put through a sieve (50) 



Other procedures noted from the literature 

 review 



Cornstarch- and tapioca- thickened pies 

 freeze well (148) . 



Packaging: 

 Use closely fitted raoisUireproof wrappers 



(178) . 

 Slip pie onto paper plate with a second 

 plate inverted over ttie top, wrap in 

 moistureproof cellophane, cover with 

 stockinette (148) . 

 Storage : 

 Niany monttis (178) . 

 4 to G months (148) . 

 Thawing and heating: 

 Do not reheat (1, 166)- 



Thaw in wrappings at room temperature or in 

 oven until just wann (148) . 



Custard pie became curdled, lumpy, and 



watery when thawed (58) . 

 Custard pie may coagulate during freezing 



and storage (148) • 



Custard may coagulate on freezing (148) • 



Baked pies freeze well (1, 148) . 

 Baked frozen pies not acceptable (43) ■ 

 Storage: 

 Several months, provided pies are pro- 

 tected against drying out (179). 



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