SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE
(Mary Ellen’s recipe)
Filling
- 1 cup raisins
- 2/3 c. sugar
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 T. flour
- 2 eggs (Separated)
- 3 T. sugar
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 t. nutmeg
Stew I cup raisins, 2/3 cups of sugar, and I cup of hot water about 5 to 10 minutes. When done, add I cup sour cream, 2 T. flour mixed smooth in cold water. Add 2 egg yolks, cook till thick.
Use Egg Whites for Meringue Frosting
- 3 T. sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 t. nutmeg
Beat the egg whites for meringue.
Pour filling in a BAKED shell. Top with meringue above. Brown 15 to 20 minutes in a 3500 oven.
Note: This is one of Dad’s favorite pies. Recipe came from Mary Ellen Thompson Williams. I believe it is the same one that Dad’s Mother made. It is very good.