Country Mincemeat Pie

This throwback recipe is chock-full of sweet dried fruits, caramel rum, toffee-like brown sugar, and warming baking spices. Mincemeat can be purchased at specialty baking shops, or made with a combination of dried fruits, rum or brandy, brown sugar, and baking spices. It's traditionally mixed with beef suet, but you can substitute butter or schmaltz.

2 cups Mincemeat Pie Filling or prepared mincemeat
2 tart apples, diced (about 2 cups)
1 Tbsp. bourbon or brandy
1 recipe Flakiest Pie Crust

To Serve:
whipped cream

Preheat an oven to 400°F (200°C/180°C fan, Gas Mark 6).

Mix mincemeat, apple, and bourbon in a large bowl. Line a 9" pie pan with pastry. Fill with mincemeat mixture. Top with remaining pastry cut to fit or lattice top. Slit top crust.

Bake until crust is golden brown, about 30-35 minutes.

Serve pie warm with whipped cream, if desired.

Makes one 9" pie.