perfectly simple apple cranberry pie
This is a relatively quick and easy pie for your holiday table, especially so if you use a refrigerated (prepared) pie crust. I like to use a lattice top to showcase the colorful berries but please make this pie your own with your fave top crust. The yummy taste combination with the tartness of cranberries paired with the sweetness of apples will give your taste buds a tingle! Your only spice to add is apple pie spice. That and a dash of vanilla and a splash of RUM, who can resist? Who would even want to?!?
Blue Ribbon Recipe
We love sweet and tart desserts and this pie hit the spot! Apples and cranberries are a fantastic flavor combination. Add the buttery, sweet aroma of the rum and you have one delicious pie. The crispy lattice across the top gives a flaky cinnamon sugar spice to each bite. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and you have a divine slice of pie.
Ingredients
- 3 cups sweet or tart sweet apples; cored, peeled, and sliced
- 1 cup cranberries; fresh, chopped
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon (heaping) apple pie spice
- 2 teaspoons rum (cook's choice) or rum extract to taste
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 - refrigerated pie crust or your own pastry for double crust pie
- 1 - egg; whipped for crust wash
- 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
How To Make perfectly simple apple cranberry pie
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Step 1Preheat oven to 450.
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Step 2Wash and dry cranberries and coarsely chop. -
Step 3Peel apples, wash and core them.
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Step 4Slice apples into nice even slices.
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Step 5Combine apples and chopped cranberries in medium-size bowl.
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Step 6Toss with sugar, flour, and apple pie spice.
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Step 7Pour rum and vanilla into bowl and stir lightly to distribute.
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Step 8Press a pie crust into a traditional shallow 9-inch pan. Do not use a deep dish pie plate.
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Step 9Pour your apple mixture into crust.
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Step 10Roll out the second crust. Cut into even strips
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Step 11Interweave in a basket pattern to form a lattice top.
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Step 12Flute the edge of bottom pie crust to cover the strips.
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Step 13Whisk the egg wash with cream to combine.
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Step 14Using a pastry brush, wash the top of the pie with egg/cream wash.
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Step 15Sprinkle some cinnamon over wash (optional).
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Step 16Place pie on cookie sheet. Cover lightly with foil. Cook at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove foil and reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake for another 40 minutes. Let pie cool for several hours on cooling rack prior to slicing to serve.
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