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Dad's Favorite Old Fashioned Raisin Walnut Pie

Arlene's dad loved this pie, and she used to love making it for him.
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 container sour cream (8 oz)
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • Pastry for double crust (9 inches)
  • 2 Tbsp butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place one crust into a 9-inch pie plate.
  • In a bowl, beat eggs. And sour cream and stir in raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and chopped walnuts. Stir to combine. Pour filling into pie crust. Place butter cubes evenly over filling. Top with lattice crust or full crust with air vents cut into top. Pinch crusts together and trim excess crust from plate edge. Flute to close.
  • Brush milk over entire pie crust and sprinkle with sugar. Place in preheated 450 degree oven and bake for 1 0 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake for about 25 minutes more or until filling is set. Makes 8 servings. Enjoy!