Meatless Mincemeat Pie

This meatless mincemeat pie recipe makes a cozy, dessert with walnuts, apples, sugar, lemon, and rum (or brandy or apple juice) for a rich filling.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 463 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 1 (18 ounce) jar prepared mincemeat pie filling
• 0.5 cup packed brown sugar
• 1.5 cups chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cup rum

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Step 2

Combine mincemeat, apples, walnuts, brown sugar, rum, and lemon juice in a bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) with a rack in the lowest position.

Step 4

Remove filling from the refrigerator; bring to room temperature. Meanwhile, place 1 crust in bottom of a 9-inch pie plate.

Step 5

Stir mincemeat filling well; pour into the bottom crust. Top with remaining 1 pie crust; crimp edges. Cut vent slits in top crust (or cut top crust into strips and weave for a lattice top).