Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie
- 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
- 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.
- Remove from heat; add sugar, raisins, cinnamon, orange peel, and the juice of 2 limes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prepare piecrust.
- Pour mixture into pie plate lined with lower crust.
- Cover with top crust.
- Bake pie for 1 hour.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
dried apples, water, cranberries, brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon, orange peel, flour, butter, cold water
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dried-apple-and-cranberry-pie-recipe.html (may not work)