Janettes Lighter Apple Rum Raisin Pie Food

JANETTE'S LIGHTER APPLE RUM RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• To make the crust, sift the flour, baking soda, sugar, and cinnamon into a medium-size mixing bowl. Add the oil, yogurt, and vinegar and stir gently just until combined. Press the dough into a ball and divide in 1/2. Flatten each piece into a disk, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• To make the filling, put the raisins in a medium-size bowl and pierce them with a fork so they will soak up the rum flavoring. Add the water and rum extract and stir to combine. Let stand at least 1 hour. Drain and return raisins to the bowl. In a saucepan, combine apple juice, apples, lemon juice, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook over medium heat until the mixture has thickened, about 3 minutes. Add raisins and remove from the heat.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 piece of dough and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Add the filling. Roll out the remaining dough, fit it over the top of the pie, pinching the edges together to seal. Trim and crimp the edges. Pierce the top of the pie in a few places with a fork to make steam vents.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 425 degrees F. then reduce the oven to 325 degrees F. and bake until apples are tender and crust is browned, about 45 minutes. Place on a rack to cool. Cut into wedges and serve.

CHRISTINA'S APPLE RUM RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• To make the crust: Sift the flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon into a medium-size mixing bowl. Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Mixing with a fork, add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, just until the dough holds together. Press the dough into a ball and divide in 1/2. Flatten each piece into a disk, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• To make the filling: Put the raisins in a medium-size bowl and pierce them with a fork so they will soak up the rum. Pour rum over raisins and let stand at least 1 hour. Strain, return raisins to the bowl and stir in pie filling. Set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 piece of dough and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Pour in the filling and sprinkle the gelatin over the top. Roll out the remaining dough, fit it over the top of the pie, pinching the edges together to seal. Trim and crimp the edges. Pierce the top of the pie in a few places with a fork to make steam vents.
• Bake for 10 minutes and then reduce oven to 325 degrees F. and bake until crust is browned, about 45 minutes. Place on a rack to cool. If using icing, heat it in the microwave just until melted, then drizzle over the pie. Cut into wedges and serve.

PIE-APPLE RUM RAISIN

Steps:

• Bring rum and raisins to boil then remove from heat and let stand 1 hr. Cool completely and put in air tight container...room temp. Lg. baking sheet to oven with rach in middle, heat to 425. Blend lght. brown sugar, flour, zest, cinimon, nutmeg and salt in large bowl until no lumps. Peel and core apples and cut into 1/2" squares and mix into dry mixture. Add raisins and liquid and mix. Place dough into 9" pie round, trim edges(leave 1/2" overhang) and add mixture. Dot top with butter and brush overhang with milk. Add second pie dough, trim edge flush with pie dish, then crimp edges together. Brush top with milk and rub in a little brown sugar. Cut 3 steam vents in top. Bake 20 min. Reduce temp to 375 and bake until golden brown and filling bubling...about 45 min. Cool on rack 1 1/2 hours.

DEEP DISH APPLE-RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees (bottom rack).
• In a large bowl, combine apples, raisins, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves.
• Mound mixture in prepared unbaked pastry shell; dot with small pieces of butter.
• Cover the filling with top pie crust; seal, and flute edges.
• Cut several vents/slits in top crust to vent out steam.
• Place on a cookie sheet if desired to prevent spills.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until crust is golden, and apples are tender.
• Cool at least 30 minutes before serving.

OLD FASHIONED RAISIN PIE I

Steps:

• Combine raisins and water in a small saucepan. Boil 5 minutes. Blend brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt together; add to hot raisins. Cook and stir until syrup is clear. Remove from heat, and stir in vinegar and butter or margarine. Cool slightly.
• Turn filling into a pastry lined pan. Cover with top crust. Seal edges, and cut slits in the top crust.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes.

RUM-RAISIN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Combine brown sugar, spice and 1/2 cup flour in medium bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp.) butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Place crust in 9-inch pie plate as directed on package for one-crust filled pie. Place apples in large bowl. Add raisins, granulated sugar, rum, vanilla and remaining flour; mix lightly. Spoon into crust.
• Cut remaining butter into small pieces; place evenly over apples. Cover with crumb topping. Place on baking sheet.
• Bake 30 min. Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF; bake pie additional 30 min. or until apples are tender. Cool.
• Serve topped with COOL WHIP.

RUM-RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll out to a 22-inch round, a bit less than 1/4-inch thick; fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate. Trim dough flush with edge of pie plate, then make 1/2-inch cuts at 3/4-inch intervals all around edge. Bend every other tab of crust forward. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F Line shell with parchment paper, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fill with pie weights. Bake until edge of crust begins to turn golden, about 15 minutes. Remove parchment and weights. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F Bake until. pale golden, 15-20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
• Bring 3 cups cream almost to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Meanwhile, whisk together sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and salt in a medium bowl. Slowly pour into hot cream , whisking constantly until combined; return cream mixture to saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoom until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon and hold a line when you drag a finger through it, 10-12 minutes. Stir in rum. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Separate any raisins that are stuck together. Arrange raisins in an even layer on bottom of cooled crust. Carefully pour in hot custard. Bake until center is set 25-30 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
• Before serving, pur remaining 2/3 cup cream and the confectrioners' sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachement Beat on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Serve pie with whipped cream. Pie can be refrigerated, loosely covered, up to 3 days.