Old Fashioned Raisin Pie Ii Food

OLD FASHIONED RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Divide the pastry almost in half and roll out the larger half, on a lightly floured surface, to a 13-inch circle. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the pastry and trim the pastry 1/2 inch beyond the rim of the pie plate. Combine the raisins, brown sugar, corn starch and drink mix in a 3-quart saucepan.
• Stir in the water and lemon juice. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils and thickens.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the walnuts.
• Turn the mixture into the pastry-lined pie plate and dot with the butter.
• Roll out the remaining pastry to an 11-inch circle. Place the top crust over filling and trim the edge to 1-inch beyond the rim.
• Fold the top crust under the bottom crust and form a ridge. Flute the edge and cut steam vents in the top crust. Bake in a preheated 400 degree F.
• oven for 30 minutes or until the crust is a golden brown and the filling is bubbly.
• Cool on a wire rack.

GOLDEN OLDIE OLD FASHIONED RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Wash raisins in cool water and drain. Place raisins and boiling water in a saucepan and cook until raisins plump.
• Blend brown sugar with flour and add to the raisin mixture. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• Add lemon rind, lemon juice and pinch of salt. Cool. Stir.
• Line deep nine-inch pie plate with pastry.
• Brush bottom of pastry with beaten egg white (keeps bottom of pie from getting soggy).
• Pour in cooled filling.
• Add top crust and seal edges.
• Make several steam vents with a knife in the top pastry.
• Decorate top of pie with pastry cut outs, using cookie cutters for shapes, if desired.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Bake pie 40 to 50 minutes until nicely browned.

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 PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and cornstarch. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, bring the orange juice, rum, and raisins to a boil. Simmer gently for about 10 minutes or until the raisins are properly hydrated. Add the brown sugar mixture and bring to a boil while stirring. Simmer for 1 minute and pour into a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface of the mixture. Let cool.
• With the rack in the lowest position, preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F).
• Line a 23-cm (9-inch) pie plate with one pastry. Spoon the filling in the pie and brush the edges of the dough with milk. Top with the second pastry. Make an incision in the center. Remove any excess dough. Tightly seal the edges by crimping the dough with a fork or your fingers. Brush with milk.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Serve warm or cold.
• Tips: If you prefer this pie without alcohol, replace the rum with water.
• Freezes well when baked.

OLD FASHIONED RAISIN PIE II

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan combine 2 cups water, raisins, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
• While raisin mixture is simmering, dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup water. Stir cornstarch mixture into raisins and boil one minute. Remove from heat.
• Stir lemon juice into raisin filling. Pour mixture into baked pie shell. Chill before serving.

SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE II

Steps:

• Cover raisins with 1 cup of boiling water, let stand 5 minutes.
• Drain.
• Separate egg yolks from whites, set whites aside for meringue. PASTRY: In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. In measuring cup, measure oil and add milk.
• Do not stir.
• Pour oil and milk all at once into flour mixture. Stir with a fork until well-combined and mixture comes together in a mass.
• Shape mixture into a ball and roll between sheets of plastic wrap.
• Peel plastic wrap off of top of pastry, and invert pastry into 9" pie pan.
• Crimp edge and flute. Bake pastry in 425 degree F.
• oven 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.
• FILLING: In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually stir in milk.
• Cook and stir until mixture is thick and bubbly.
• Reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Beat egg yolks slightly.
• Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into yolks.
• Return mixture to saucepan.
• Return to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; add sour cream, butter, vanilla extract and drained raisins.
• Stir just until mixed; do not overmix.
• Pour hot filling into pie crust. MERINGUE: Combine egg whites, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
• Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Beat at high speed until mixture holds soft peaks.
• Add vanilla extract. Beat until mixture holds stiff peaks.
• Spread meringue over hot filling, sealing to edge. Bake in 425 degree F. oven for 4 minutes.
• Cool, cover, and chill to store. -----

OLD-FASHIONED RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat eggs. Add sour cream. Stir in raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Place bottom pastry in a pie plate; pour in filling. Top with a lattice crust. , Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°; bake until filling is set, about 25 minutes longer. If desired, sprinkle with nutmeg.

OLD-FASHIONED SOUR CREAM/RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• In a heavy medium saucepan stir together first 5 ingredients. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until thinkened and bubbly, keep warm.
• For Meringue, place the egg whites and cream of tartat in a large clean mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until you get soft peaks. Slowly add sugar, one tablespoon at a time. Beating on high for about 4 minutes until stiff glossy peaks form.
• Pour warm filling into baked pie chell. Spread meringue over filling. Bake in a 350 oven for 15 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack for 1 hours. Chill 3-6 hours before serving. Cover for longer storage.