Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Ingredients:
2 cups dried apples |
water, to cover apples |
2 cups cranberries |
3/4 cup brown sugar |
1/2 cup raisins |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 tablespoon orange peel |
2 limes, juiced |
piecrust, recipe follows |
2 cups sifted flour or 3 cups rye flour, measured after sifting |
1/2 cup butter |
6 tablespoons cold water |
Directions:
1. Cover dried apples with water. Soak 2 to 3 hours. Drain water, reserving 1 cup. In a saucepan, simmer soaked apples, 1 cup water, and cranberries until cranberries start to burst.
2. Remove from heat; add sugar, raisins, cinnamon, orange peel, and the juice of 2 limes.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
4. Prepare piecrust. Pour mixture into pie plate lined with lower crust. Cover with top crust.
5. Bake pie for 1 hour.
6. Piecrust:
7. Measure and set aside 1/2 cup flour and 2 tablespoons butter. Rub the remaining butter into the flour. Stir in cold water with a fork.
8. Roll dough out on well-floured board with a floured rolling pin, dot with 1 tablespoon reserved butter, and sprinkle 1 tablespoon reserved flour. Roll up the dough like a jelly roll. Flour lightly and roll to a 1/4 -inch thickness.
9. Repeat the butter and flour addition procedure, using up all butter and flour. Divide dough in half and form into 2 discs, covering each with plastic wrap. Store in a cool place until needed.
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