Apple Cranberry Pie With Pie Crust
- Ready In:
- 1hr 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
-
Pastry
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2⁄3 cup shortening
- 7 -8 tablespoons cold water
-
Pie
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries or 1/2 cup dried tart cherry
- 1 cup boiling water
- 6 cups baking apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (Rome, Jonathan, Golden Delicious, or Granny Smith)
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup half-and-half or 1/3 cup light cream
- half-and-half or light cream
- sugar
directions
- Pastry: Preheat oven to 375.
- Stir together the flour and salt.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until pieces are pea size.
- Sprinkle a tablespoon of the water over part of the mixture and gently toss with a fork.
- Push moistened dough to the side of the dough.
- Repeat using a tablespoon at a time until all dough is moistened.
- Divide dough in half.
- Form each half into a ball.
- On lightly floured surface, flatten 1 dough ball.
- Roll from center to edges into 12 inch circle.
- To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin and unroll into a 9 inch pie plate.
- Ease pastry into pie plate being careful not to stretch pastry.
- Filling: Pour boiling water over cranberries. Let stand for 5 minutes and drain.
- Mix cranberries and apples and place in a pastry-lined pie plate.
- Trim pastry to edge of pie plate.
- Brush edge with a little water.
- In a small bowl combine the sugar, flour, apple pie spice, and salt.
- Stir in 1/3 cup half and half or cream.
- Pour over fruit.
- Roll remaining dough into a circle about 12 inches in diameter.
- Cut slits to allow steam to escape.
- Place remaining pastry on filling and trim 1/2 inch beyond edge of plate.
- Fold top pastry under bottom pastry.
- Crimp edge as desired.
- Brush with additional half and half or cream.
- Sprinkle with some sugar.
- To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove foil.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes more or until top is golden.
- Cool on a wire rack before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.