Ingredients

• 1.75 cups - flour
• 2 tbsp - sugar
• 1 tsp - vanilla essence
• 1 tsp - sugar
• 4 ounces - butter or margarine
• 2 tbsp - water
• For filling:
• 6 - apples
• 1/3 cup - butter or margarine
• 2/3 cup - sugar
• 1/3 cup - raisins
• 1/2 - lemon, peel and juice
• 4 - eggs

How to Make Apple Raisin Christmas Pie

• Mix flour, sugar, and vanilla essence.
• Finely fold the butter into the mixture.
• Stir in water and quickly work to a dough.
• Press it out in a wide, pie dish with a diameter of 12 inches.
• Pre-bake the pie crust in microwave at 400 Fahrenheit for about 10 mins.
• Stir fat and sugar for the filling.
• Add raisins, lemon juice and peel.
• Part egg yolks from whites and stir the yolks into the batter.
• Beat the egg whites stiff and gently fold them down.
• Peel, core, and cut the apples in wedges.
• Put them on the pie crust in a nice pattern and pour the batter on top.
• Bake in microwave at 400 Fahrenheit for about 30 mins.
• Cool and serve with whipped cream.