Meatless Mincemeat Pie

Ingredients

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

Instructions

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

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

4. 4

   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).

5. 5

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