Raisin Crisscross Pie
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 cups raisins, seedless
- 1/2 teaspoon orange zest finely shredded
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest finely shredded
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 113 cups water cold
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 23 cup vegetable shortening
- 6-7 tablespoons water cold
- In a sauce pan, combine brown sugar and corn starch.
- Stir in raisins, orange peel, orange juice, lemon peel, lemon juice, and water.
- Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
- Cook and stir 1 minute more.
- Remove from heat, stir in walnuts.
- Fill a pastry-lined 9 inch pie plate with raisin mixture.
- Adjust lattice crust; flute edge.
- Cover edge of pie with foil.
- Bake at 375F (190C) for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake about 20 more minutes or until crust is golden Pastry for Lattice Top Pie: In a mixing bowl stir together flour and salt.
- Cut in shortening until pieces are the size of small peas.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of water over part of the mixture, gently toss with a fork.
- Push to side of bowl.
- Repeat until all is moistened.
- Form dough into a ball.
- Divide dough in half.
- Take half, on a lightly floured surface, flatten dough with hands.
- Roll dough from center to edge, forming a circle about 12 inches in diameter.
- Wrap pastry around rolling pin.
- Unroll onto a 9 inch pie plate.
- Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch pastry.
- Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie.
- When pie shell is full with filling, roll out other half of pie pastry.
- Cut pastry into 1/2 inch wide strips.
- Weave strips on top of filling to make a lattice crust.
- Press ends of strips into rim of crust.
- Fold bottom pastry over the lattice strips, seal and flute.
- Bake as directed in individual recipe.
brown sugar, cornstarch, raisins, orange zest, orange juice, lemon zest, lemon juice, water cold, walnuts, flour, salt, vegetable shortening, water cold
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/raisin-crisscross-pie-5509 (may not work)