{"id":5176,"date":"2009-11-27T22:25:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T03:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2009-12-01T10:33:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T15:33:36","slug":"thanksgiving-report-cranberry-apple-crumb-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=5176","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Report: Cranberry Apple Crumb Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aunt Lura (in seasonal headband) poses with the cranberry apple pie.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Like most Americans, my family can\u2019t imagine Thanksgiving without pie. My Aunt Lura volunteered to bring a pumpkin creation to our table Thursday so our side of the family only had to make two pies.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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(Of course, we didn\u2019t actually have to make even two since we were feeding only\u00a0eight people, but what is Thanksgiving without excess?)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We knew my honorary cousin Eric was coming so we baked our favorite key-lime pie. Eric is the nephew of my late wonderful semi-godmother Dagny Johnson, who lived on Key Largo, so we HAD to celebrate the Florida Keys. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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(You can read more about Dagny and get the key-lime pie recipe in this post<\/a> from April.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We also wanted to celebrate our local bounty so we\u00a0made another pie with\u00a0two fruits native to both my home state, Massachusetts, and mother\u2019s home state, New Jersey\u2014apples and cranberries.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I had the not very bright idea of making the pie crust with apple cider instead of water to enhance the apple flavor. It DID help the flavor. It also made the crust much harder to manage! So I don\u2019t suggest it. Just use your standard pie crust. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In fact, I\u2019m thinking another time I might eschew the pie crust altogether and call the dish Cranberry Apple Crumble. (If I do, I\u2019ll let you know how it turns out.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Aside from the sticky crust, everything about this pie proved a success\u2014the apple-cranberry ratio, the rich crumb topping, the contrasting textures. My family highly recommends it.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Pie<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ingredients:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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3\/4 cup sugar
\n1 teaspoon cinnamon
\n1 pinch salt
\n1 tablespoon flour plus 1\/2 cup later
\n3 medium apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
\n2 cups cranberries
\n1 9-inch pie crust<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1\/2 cup oatmeal (regular, not quick)
\n1\/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
\n1\/2 cup (1 stick) sweet butter (you could probably get by with less, but THIS WAS THANKSGIVING FOR GOODNESS\u2019 SAKE!)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Instructions:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. In a medium bowl combine the sugar, cinnamon, salt, and tablespoon of flour. Add the fruit and toss to combine. Pour this mixture into your pie shell.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In another bowl combine the remaining flour, the oatmeal,\u00a0and the brown sugar. Cut in the butter. Pour this crumbly topping over your pie.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bake the pie for 10 minutes; then reduce the oven temperature to 350 and continue baking for 30 more minutes. Serves 8.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0 Like most Americans, my family can\u2019t imagine Thanksgiving without pie. My Aunt Lura volunteered to bring a pumpkin creation to our table Thursday so our side of the family only had to make two pies. \u00a0 (Of course, we didn\u2019t actually have to make even two since we were feeding only\u00a0eight people, but what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,9,149],"tags":[890,889,891,879,388],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5176"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5276,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}