Very good recipe. I used butter, increased the sugar to 2 tablespooons, and added a capful and a half of vanilla. I cooked sage sausage and crumbled it over one half of batter in the pan and put thinly sliced granny smith apple over the other half. I forgot to melt the shortening--it was softened--but it still came out OK. I will be trying this again. Next time I won't forget that step! My ten year old and five year old were asking for seconds!

Reviewed On: Feb. 24, 2006

This is a very good recipe. I benefitted from comments that other reviewers made. I used about 4 small to medium potatoes, halved the potatoes and boiled them. I didn't have nutmeg so I used a dash of allspice instead. In addition to the vanilla I added ½ tsp of lemon extract. (Next time I'll try a teaspoon.) I used ½ brown sugar and ½ white sugar and added 2 Tbs flour to thicken. I baked it in a ceramic tart pan using a homemade pie crust.

Reviewed On: Nov. 27, 2004

Great recipe. Flaky and easy to make. I doubled the recipe and used it for chicken pot pie.

Reviewed On: Oct. 17, 2004