Best 8 Spiced Raisin Walnut Pie Recipes

WALNUT AND RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Crack the eggs over a large bowl. Add the brown sugar, salt, melted butter and corn syrup and whisk together until well-blended.
• Stir in the vanilla, orange zest and nutmeg, then stir in the nuts and raisins.
• Pour the filling into the pie crust.
• Place the pie in the oven and bake until the filling is set, 35 to 40 minutes; the pastry should be golden brown and a knife inserted in the center should come out clean. Remove the pie and cool it on a wire rack. Serve slightly warm or cool.

SPICY WALNUT RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare pastry. With whisk, beat remaining ingredients except raisins and walnuts until blended. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Pour into a pastry lined shell. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until filling is set and pastry is nicely browned. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature. -I sometimes substitute allspice for the cloves. -Sometimes, I lightly toast the walnuts in a pan. -If time does not permit, I use a tenderflake frozen pie crust and brush it while still frozen with melted butter. -I have found that using my convection oven browns pastry very nicely and evenly, remember to set it about 25 degrees less than normal

WALNUT RAISIN TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cut the pie crust into 12 pieces and press them evenly into the bottoms and up the sides of the muffin cups to form a crust.
• In a medium bowl with an electric hand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the raisins and walnuts. Spoon the mixture evenly into the crusts.
• Put the muffin tin onto a baking sheet and bake until the filling is set, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Carefully unmold the tarts, put them onto a rack, and let them cool to room temperature.

OLD FASHIONED RAISIN PIE I

Steps:

• Combine raisins and water in a small saucepan. Boil 5 minutes. Blend brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt together; add to hot raisins. Cook and stir until syrup is clear. Remove from heat, and stir in vinegar and butter or margarine. Cool slightly.
• Turn filling into a pastry lined pan. Cover with top crust. Seal edges, and cut slits in the top crust.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes.

GERMAN WALNUT RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour lightly THREE (8-by-1 1/2-inch) round layer cake pans.
• Chop raisins and 1 cup walnuts fine; place in a medium bowl.
• Add baking soda; then stir in boiling water.
• Let mixture cool 1/2 hour.
• Sift flour with cinnamon and salt.
• In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat 3/4 cup butter until creamy.
• Add sugar, a little at a time, beating until light and fluffy.
• Stop beater once or twice; scrape down side of bowl with rubber spatula.
• Add eggs and egg yolks, one at a time.
• Beat after each addition; scrape side of bowl with rubber spatula.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Add lemon juice and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
• With wooden spoon, beat in flour mixture, in fourths, alternately with nut mixture, in thirds; begin and end with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Place in oven, leaving space between pans.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip and cake pulls away from edge.
• Cool on wire rack 5 minutes.
• With small spatula, loosen edge.
• Turn out on wire rack; turn top up; let cool completely—about 1 hour.
• MAKE FROSTING: In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat cheese with butter and vanilla until creamy.
• Add the confectioners; sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
• Using 1 1/2 cups frosting, put layers together.
• Use rest of frosting to cover top and side of cake.
• With metal spatula, make decorative swirls in frosting; coarsely chop remaining walnuts; sprinkle around top.
• Refrigerate until serving.
• Makes 16 servings.

SOUTHERN RAISIN AND COCONUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place raisins in a small saucepan. Pour in enough water to cover. Place over low heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix until smooth. Drain excess water from raisins. Fold into mixture along with nuts and coconut. Mixture will appear curdled. Pour half of mixture into each pastry shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until filling is set. Cool on wire racks. Garnish with whipped topping and chopped nuts if desired.

SPICED PEAR AND RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Position rack in lowest third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Boil nectar in heavy medium saucepan until reduced to 1/3 cup, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Pour into large bowl; mix in raisins. Cool completely. Mix in sugar and next 5 ingredients, then pears.
• Roll out 1 dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Brush inside and top edge of crust with some of glaze. Spoon filling into crust. Roll out second dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Arrange dough over filling. Seal top crust to bottom crust at edge of dish. Trim double overhang to 3/4 inch. Fold under; crimp edge. Using small knife, cut slits in top crust to allow steam to escape. Brush crust and edge with glaze. If desired, roll out any dough scraps and cut out small pear-shaped decorations. Press decorations onto edge of crust.
• Bake pie until pears are tender, covering crust with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Place on rack; cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)

RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a saucepan, stir together sugar and flour. Add water and mix well. Stir in raisins, salt and cinnamon; cook and stir over medium heat until bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Remove from heat and stir in butter. Pour into a pastry-lined 9-inch pie plate. Top with lattice crust, or cover with top crust and cut slits for steam to escape. Bake until crust is golden brown, about 45 minutes.