Golden Oldie Old Fashioned Raisin Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups seedless raisins
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/2-1 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice or 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
• 1 egg , beaten

Recipe

• 1 wash raisins in cool water and drain. place raisins and boiling water in a saucepan and cook until raisins plump.
• 2 blend brown sugar with flour and add to the raisin mixture. cook over low heat until thickened, stirring frequently. remove from heat.
• 3 add lemon rind, lemon juice and pinch of salt. cool. stir.
• 4 line deep nine-inch pie plate with pastry.
• 5 brush bottom of pastry with beaten egg (keeps bottom of pie from getting soggy).
• 6 pour in cooled filling.
• 7 add top crust and seal edges.
• 8 make several steam vents with a knife in the top pastry.
• 9 decorate top of pie with pastry cut outs, using cookie cutters for shapes, if desired.
• 10 preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit.
• 11 bake pie 40 to 50 minutes until nicely browned.