DRIED APPLE AND CRANBERRY PIE

Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

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

Steps:

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.