Ingredients
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 2 cups raisins
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup sucanat
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 Tablespoon soy non-hydrogenated vegan margarine
- 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
Makes 1 pie.
Combine raisins and water in a pot and simmer until raisins are plump and soft (about 20 minutes), stirring frequently.
Remove raisins from heat. Combine flour, sucanat,and salt, and add to raisins. Return to heat and simmer, stirring, for five minutes. Add lemon juice and rind. Remove from heat and add margarine. Cool before pouring into pie shell.
Top with your favorite "whipped cream" if you want!
(By the way, I don''t know why this is called Funeral Pie. It is a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pie my grandmother used to make.)