Cranberry Apple Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup cold butter
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 3 -4 tablespoons cold water
• 4 large granny smith apples, peeled,cored and thinly sliced
• 3 cups fresh cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup red currant jelly

Recipe

• 1 to make the pastry, mix the flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl.
• 2 add the butter and cream cheese and cut in with a pastry blender until the particles are very fine.
• 3 stir in the water, mixing until a ball of dough forms.
• 4 knead the dough 3 or 4 times on a floured surface into a smooth ball.
• 5 wrap and chill 1 hour.
• 6 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• 7 to make the filling, mix together the apples, cranberries and walnuts.
• 8 roll out 2/3 of the pastry on a floured surface to a 13-inch circle.
• 9 use the pastry to line the bottom and sides of an ungreased 10-inch pie plate.
• 10 fill with the apple mixture.
• 11 to make the custard, beat the egg, flour, sugar, cream and vanilla in a bowl until smooth.
• 12 pour the mixture evenly over the apple mixture.
• 13 roll out the remaining pastry to an 11-inch circle and cut into 1/2-inch wide strips.
• 14 arrange and weave a lattice over the top of the pie.
• 15 fold the edge of the bottom pastry over the lattice to hold the strips in place.
• 16 bake 50 to 60 minutes.
• 17 heat the jelly until it bubbles.
• 18 spoon the jelly evenly over the top of the pie.
• 19 cool to lukewarm; cut into wedges.