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      Title: Raisin Pie
 Categories: Desserts, Canadian, Pies
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 c  Raisins
      1 tb Flour
      1 tb Corn starch
      1 c  Brown sugar
      1 ts Lemon juice
      1    Pastry shell with top
 
  Cover raisins with water and cook for 45 min. Mix corn starch and
  flour together with a bit of water to make a smooth paste and add
  to the cooked raisins. Add lemon juice and brown sugar and stir
  into the raisins.  Pour entire mixture into a pie shell and cover
  with pastry dough. Bake in oven at 400 F and then reduce the
  temperature to 350 F. Serve hot with a scoop of ice cream.
  
  From: Doug St.Onge
 
  My Mom also used grated lemon rind.

  Some people add a little butter to enrich the pie filling,

  Raisin pie was traditionally served along with other desserts at
  the meals following country funerals, especially in the Mennonite
  and Hutterite communities.

  JW

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