Raisin Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Stone the raisins.
Boil the raisins in the water to soften them.
Crush the rolled crackers and mix them with the softened raisins.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Raisins
- Provide the main sweetness, moisture and chewy texture of the filling.
- Rolled crackers
- Absorb the raisin liquid and give the filling body and structure.
The step that matters
Mix the crushed crackers with the softened raisins. Crackers soak up the raisin cooking liquid and thicken the filling. If the raisins are not fully softened first, the filling can turn dry, stiff and uneven.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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