Old Fashioned Raisin Pie

It’s fascinating how an old hand-written recipe card can transport you back in time. You can almost picture the kitchen scene like an old 8mm home movie.  Grandma stirs the pot of pie filling on the stove while auntie rolls out the pie crust. A couple of cousins look on, impressed with the whole baking process. They are excited, knowing that one of their favourite desserts would be ready to eat in a couple of hours.

Those old hand-written recipes were often used as rough guides. They can leave today’s home cooks bewildered. Besides having to decipher the handwriting, the ingredients, quantities and instructions are often ambiguous. That’s because a great deal of the baking methodology was shared through observation and experience back in the day. The person writing the recipe card usually had years of baking experience and expected that anyone else using their recipe did too.

Figuring out how to make a pie from the information found on the old recipe card would be my challenge. It required a visit with a cousin to observe her raisin pie baking in action.  She uses the traditional recipe and methods that her mom shared with her years ago.

Those with experience making there own pie crusts can go right ahead and do so with this recipe. Once you’ve perfected making your own crust, the homemade result is well worth it. But if you’re not up to the challenge then storemade pie crusts do the trick and save a lot of hassle.

Old Fashioned Raisin Pie

Kevin Lamoureux

This easy recipe tastes just like grandma would have made it.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Canadian

Servings 8

Calories 313 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups sultana raisins
• 2 cups water
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 double crust pastry for a double crust pie

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Add raisins and water to a medium saucepan. Boil 5 minutes.
• In a bowl, blend brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt together; add to saucepan with raisins.
• Cook on medium and stir until syrup is thick and clear (about 10 minutes).
• Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and butter.
• Cool slightly.
• Turn filling into a pastry lined pan. Cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut slits in the top crust.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven to 350° F and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
• Remove the pie from oven and allow to cool for about 30 minutes.

Notes

Nutrition

Per serving

Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Iron: 1mg

Keyword pie, raisin

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