RAISIN APPLE PIE

This recipe is from an old grocery store give-away recipe fold-out. It is from some Lard Company. That tells you it has to be old. How long has it been since you saw something like that?

4 cups sliced tart cooking apples
1 cup raisins, plumped*
1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar (depending on sweetness of apples)
2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
Pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
1 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tbsp milk

Combine apples and raisins. Mix sugar, flour and salt; add to apples and raisins. Add lemon juice and peel and mix well. Place the apple raisin mixture in a pastry lined 9-inch pie pan. Dot mixture with butter or margarine. Top with another pastry circle. Fold the bottom pastry over the edge of top pastry and crimp edges together to seal. Cut small slits in top pastry to allow pie to breathe. Brush top with milk and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Bake in a moderate oven, 375 degrees, for 45 to 50 minutes, until lightly browned and filling is bubbly.

*To plump raisins, cover with 1 cup boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes. Drain raisins thoroughly before using.

This is a file photo.