Thanksgiving Treat: Mince Pie

You will be the hit of the Thanksgiving celebration with this recipe.

California Mince Pie

1 cup each--dried apricots, prunes, raisins

1/2 cup each--chopped citron, walnuts, almonds

juice from 1 orange

1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup sugar

2 double pie crusts

1. Pour boiling water over apricots and prunes and drain

2. Cover with cold water and let stand for 3 hours

3. Remove and discard skins and pits

4. Cook apricots and prunes in the same water until the water is almost cooked away.

5. Mix in all the other ingredients

6. Place in 2 double pie crusts, each with a bottom and top crust, and vent the top crust.

7. Bake at 450 degrees, for 30 minutes.