Bitter-Sweet Impeachment Pie

Bitter-Sweet Impeachment Pie

Celebrate the impeachment (or near-impeachment) of presidents past or consider the thoughts of impeaching the current president with this delightful dessert. This pie highlights the bitter-sweetness of impeachment proceedings of the highest office in the land.

INGREDIENTS:

Filling:
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cardamom
4 cups fresh frozen peaches

Crust:
1 prepared 10 inch single crust pie & pie crust lattice for top
1 egg white
1 tablespoon granulated sugar (mix with 1 teaspoon cinnamon if you think he’s guilty)

DIRECTIONS:
Line a 10 inch pie pan with crust. Brush the inside of the crust with some of the egg white. Place peaches in the unbaked pie shell.
Cream together the sugar and butter. Add the egg, flour, and vanilla, then add cardamom last; mix together completely. Spread the mixture over the top of the peaches.
Place pie crust lattice on top, pinching the edges to the lower crust. Brush the lattice top with egg white, then sprinkle with sugar or sugar/cinnamon mix.
Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1 hour.

As you wait, check out the impeachments and near-impeachments of these US Presidents:
Andrew Johnson—
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm

Richard Nixon—
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/impeachments/nixon.htm

Bill Clinton (2 interesting sites)—
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Clintonimpeach.htm

George W. Bush (2 interesting sites on the current topic)–
http://zzpat.tripod.com/cvb/
http://www.rise4news.net/Impeachment_Resolution.html