Cran Apple Pie
Classic Apple Pie with an added zing of dried cranberries and hard cider.
Ingredients
- 2 dough pie crust of 9 inch pie pan
- 6 medium Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries or Craisins chopped
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 splash hard cider
- 1 or 2 dashes cinnamon
- 4 tsp + 1T butter
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients except pie dough in mixing bowl.
- Roll out half of pie dough and line the bottom, sides, and lip of pie dish.
- Add filling. Dab about 4 teaspoons of butter on top of filling.
- Roll out second half of pie dough. Lay across the top of the pie. Crimp or fork the sides, pinching it closed.
- Cut several slits in top of pie dough.
- Lightly brush top with 1 T of melted butter.
- Preheat over to 425 degrees and bake pie for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake pie for 30 minutes. Take pie out of the oven and lightly dust the top of the pie with sugar. Bake an additional 10 minutes.