Raisin Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. raisins
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. water
1 egg, beaten
2 Tbsp. lemon peel, grated
3 Tbsp. lemon juice
pastry for two crust (9-inch) pie

Preparation

Rinse raisins; drain.
Set aside.
Mix sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler.
Set over simmering water.
Add water gradually, stirring constantly.
Stir in raisins.
Bring to boil; stir constantly and cook about 1 minute longer.
Remove from heat. Add small amount of hot mixture to egg, then stir egg into mixture in double boiler.
Return to heat and cook over simmering water about 5 minutes.
Stir constantly.
Remove from heat.
Add lemon peel and juice; cool.
Pour mixture into 9-inch pie pan; crisscross with narrow pastry strips from remaining dough.
Bake at 450\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350\u00b0 and bake 20 minutes longer or until done.