Wanted: best mincemeat pie recipe

Took me awhile but I found one...

Mincemeat pie(without the meat)

Ingredients

2 pounds cranberries
1 quart water
9 apples - peeled, cored and ground
2 pounds raisins
3 (16 ounce) cans gooseberries
3 (16 ounce) cans pitted sour red pie cherries
2 cups brandy
2 tablespoons lemon zest
2 tablespoons orange zest
2 cups distilled white vinegar
4 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground allspice
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Place cranberries in a large saucepan and pour water over them. Simmer on low heat until cranberries begin to split. Remove from heat and pour into a large ovenproof baking dish.
To cranberries add apples, raisins, gooseberries, cherries, brandy, lemon rind, orange rind, vinegar, sugar, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. Stir this mixture thoroughly and cover dish.

Place dish in preheated oven. Heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Sterilize enough canning jars and lids to fit all mincemeat.
Place a wire rack in the bottom of a large stock pot and fill halfway with water. Bring water to a rolling boil.

Pack mincemeat into sterilized jars, ensuring that there are no spaces or air bubbles. Fill jars all the way to the top and screw on lids. Carefully lower jars into boiling water using a holder. Make sure jars have at least 2 inches of space between them. Pour more boiling water over jars if necessary, so that they are covered by 2 inches of water. Cover pot and process for 30 minutes.

Carefully lift jars out of water using a holder, and place on a wooden or cloth-covered surface, at least 2 inches apart. Allow to cool, then check seal by pressing on jar lid. A properly sealed lid will not move up or down at all. Mincemeat should be aged for 2 or 3 months before using.

Someone who said she made this recipe sterilized jars a different way here it is:

This is my recipe and it was altered by the allrecipes staff. What you actually do is cook all these ingredients on the stove top and then add them to sterilized canning jars. Then the easiest way to can is to put these in quart jars, preheat oven at 170 and let cook for 2 hours and then turn off oven and open doors and let cool naturally. As the jars cool they will pop and seal. Very amazing. Much simpler than a water bath and just as safe. You can only use this for fruit or tomatoes, not meat or vegetables. Remember if the jars don't pop they aren't sealed and you will have to toss that jar. However, I have yet to have this happen. They always seal. Enjoy

You can use a pie crust already made like pillsbury for crust..

DETAILED NUTRITION

Serving Size 1/64 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe 64
Amount Per Serving
Calories 155
Calories from Fat 2
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.3g < 1 %
Saturated Fat 0.1g < 1 %
Cholesterol 0mg 0 %
Sodium 5mg < 1 %
** Potassium 182mg 5 %
Total Carbohydrates 34.5g 11 %
Dietary Fiber 2.6g 11 %
Protein 0.9g 2 %
** Sugars 25.1g
Vitamin A 4 %
Vitamin C 11 %
Calcium 3 %
Iron 7 %
** Thiamin 4 %
** Niacin 3 %
** Vitamin B6 3 %
** Magnesium 4 %
** Folate 2 %

David Lebovitz is a cookbook author who now lives in Paris. He was a dessert chef for Alice Waters. He knows what he is talking about and provides a meatless recipe, yielding a much smaller amount here:

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/11/quick-mincemeat-recipe/

Info from the myfitnesspal Calorie Counter is below.

Number of servings
Serves 6 people
Ingredients CaloriesCarbs Fat Protein Fiber
Sunmaid - California Golden Raisins, 0.67 cup 348 83 0 3 5
Generic - Orange Peel, Candied, 2 oz 182 0 0 0 0
Generic - Brandy- Vsop, 2 oz 126 0 0 0 0
Orange Zest - Ingredient, 3 teaspoon 6 2 0 0 1
Great Value - Lemon Juice, 1 tsp 0 0 0 0 0
Sugars - Brown, 6 tsp packed packed 104 27 0 0 0
Spices - Cloves, ground, 0.25 tbsp 5 1 0 0 1
Spices - Nutmeg, ground, 0.5 tsp 6 1 0 0 0
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.5 tsp 3 1 0 0 1
Add Ingredient
Total: 780 115 0 3 8
Per Serving: 130 19 0 1 1

Will have to make this for my husband. Thanks for bringing the topic up!