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cin's splendid apple-cranberry pie

(4 ratings)
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Straws Kitchen(*o *)
somewhere, AR

I made up this recipe for ME as I like pie too... I needed a sweet treat that was made with Splenda so I could have it, (not to mention how much I love cranberry and apple together...or by themselves). Make enough pastry dough for a double-crust pie. I used my Aunt Maxine's pie crust recipe (I've already posted in on JAP). I barely got to eat this because everyone in the fam wanted to 'try' it... right, it was gone in no time. If you try making it, I hope you enjoy it as much as we all did.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This apple pie recipe has so much flavor! I love the mix of apples and cranberry. The strawberry nectar and the extracts make this really delicious. Top with some ice cream and everyone will gobble this up.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(4 ratings)
yield 8 to 10 (larg deep dish pie plate)
cook time 55 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cin's splendid apple-cranberry pie

  • 3 lg
    fugi apples
  • Fruit Fresh
  • juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 3/4 c
    Splenda
  • 1/3 c
    dried cranberries (plumped)
  • 1/4 c
    flour
  • 1/3 c
    Jumex Strawberry Nectar (diet)
  • 1 tsp
    ground saigon cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp
    sea salt
  • 1/8 tsp
    freshly zested nutmeg
  • 1
    capful each: rum, almond & butter extracts
  • butter (to dot top of pie, before placing top crust on)
  • pastry: make enough dough for a double-crust pie

How To Make cin's splendid apple-cranberry pie

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 375. Place one pastry in bottom of a 10" round deep-dish pie plate.
  • 2
    Peel, core and cut apples into chunks. Sprinkle with Fruit Fresh and squirt with lemon juice (to keep from turning brown); hand-toss to mix.
  • 3
    Add Splenda, cranberries, Nectar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and extracts to apple chunks and hand-toss to mix.
  • 4
    Pour the apple mixture into crust and dot with butter. Place top crust on, crimp edges, sprinkle some Splenda over top crust and place in oven on top of a cookie sheet or aluminum foil to catch drips (if any).
  • 5
    Bake for 55 minutes. Cover edges of crust for the last 20 minutes of baking time, so the crust edges don't get too brown.
  • 6
    Serve hot from the oven with vanilla ice cream (pie was also "splendid" served at room temperature).
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