TODAY Food Club

My grandma must have baked hundreds of apple pies in her lifetime. If there was a holiday, a birthday or any celebration taking place...there was a pie nearby. This award-winning cranberry-apple pie is every bit as special as my grandma was and it's the perfect addition to any holiday table. Using an updated pie dough recipe and adding a crumb topping in addition to the traditional top crust...gives this pie a winning edge.

Cranberry Apple Pie

• Servings: 1 slice
• Yield: 1 9-inch pie
• Prep Time: 40 min
• Cooking Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Pie Dough: 2/12 cups all purpose flour
• 2 TBS sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ cup shortening-chilled and cut into small pieces
• 8 TBS (1 stick) unsalted butter-chilled and cut into small pieces
• ¼ - ½ cup cold water and vodka mixed | Add just enough liquid to bring dough together
• Crumb Topping: 1 cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter-softened
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• Pie Filling: 4 - 5 cups of apples-peeled and sliced ½ inch thick (Golden Delicious, Braeburn) and ½ cup rinsed and roughly chopped fresh cranberries
• 2 TBS flour
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp cardamom
• 1 cup granulated sugar + 1 pinch of salt
• 2 TBS butter
• Egg Wash: 1 egg lightly beaten + 2 tsp water + 1 TBS cream

Preparation

1. Step 1: Make pie dough by cutting in butter and shortening into flour sugar and salt. Add liquid, adding just enough liquid to bring the crumbly dough together. Once dough forms, shape into 2 equal disks and let rest, covered, at least one hour-up to overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Step 2: Roll out 1 dough round to ¼ inch thick, fill pie plate. Crimp edges. Place prepared pie dough the refrigerator until needed.
3. Step 3: Make crumb topping by adding flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, and nutmeg together with a fork. Add the softened butter to create a crumb like mixture. Set aside.
4. Step 4: Combine dry ingredients for filling (flour,nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, pinch of salt and sugar) Set aside.
5. Step 5: Cover the prepared apples and cranberries with the mixed dry ingredients for the filling.
6. Step 6: Fill pie shell evenly with the spice/sugar coated apples and cranberries. Dot the apples with 2 tbsp of butter.
7. Step 7: Cover the apple/cranberry mixture with an even layer of crumb topping.
8. Step 8: Roll out the second dough round for top of pie. Place top crust over crumb top and vent or use leaf-shaped cut outs of dough as desired.
9. Step 9: Using the egg wash, lightly brush pie top, only using enough egg wash to place a thin glaze over top of dough. Cover edge of pie with foil to prevent out crust from over browning.
10. Step 10: Bake in preheated 375-degree oven, on the lowest rack for 60 minutes, or until filling is bubbly and crust is golden brown. Allow to cool. TIP: Bake pie on a lined, rimmed baking sheet to catch any drips.

Recipe Tags

• Thanksgiving
• American
• Dessert