Raisin Pie
Ingredients
- 4 cups raisins
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup rum or brandy
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Pastry crust for top and bottom of pie shell
- 1 egg for egg wash on top crust
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Add raisins and water to sauce pan and bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to simmer.
- Stir in rum, sugar, corn starch, cinnamon, salt, and lemon juice.
- Continue to simmer until liquid begins to thicken slightly.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Prepare 9-inch pie pan with bottom crust.
- Pour cooled raisin filling into crust and top with pats of butter.
- Place top crust over pie, crimp, and slit to allow steam to escape.
- Brush top crust with egg wash.
- Bake in 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven to 350 degrees and bake for 35 minutes.
