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Cooking with Barbara Brown

 

 


 

Apple Raisin Pie

  • 1 cup seedless raisins

  • 1 cup boiling water

  • 1 tablespoon flour

  • 2/3 cup sugar

  • 2 cups cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced

  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind

  • Pastry for a two-crust 9-inch pie

  1. Preheat oven to 425oF.

  2. Add raisins to boiling water.  Simmer, covered, 5 minutes. 

  3. Mix flour and sugar, add to raisins.  Cook over low heat, stirring, until thick.  Boil 1 minute.  Remove from heat, add sliced apples, nuts, lemon juice and lemon rind. 

  4. Pour apple mixture into pastry lined 9-inch pie plate.  Cover with top crust.  Cut slits in top crust for steam to escape. 

  5. Bake at 425oF for 30 to 40 minutes or until crust is golden.

 Yields 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts
Servings per recipe:8 .................
Amount Per Serving
Calories 390..........................          Calories from fat 153
............................................................                    % Daily Value
Total Fat 17g............................     81                         27%
.........Saturated fat 4g1                                                18%
Cholesterol 0mg.....3                                                    0%
Sodium 295mg........                                                    12%
Carbohydrate 58g............                                           19%
............Dietary Fiber 3g........                                    13 12%
Protein 4g..........Vi                                                       8%
Vitamin A: 0%.....           Vitamin C: 9%            Folacin: 3%
Calcium: 4%.........          Iron: 8%                Potassium: 7%     

Source: City of Stillwater Employee's Association Cookbook, 1998

Provided by:

Barbara Brown
Food Specialist
OSU Cooperative Extension Service
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-6141
bbrown@okstate.edu