Recipe - Cran-Apple Pie

1 One half cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
Flour*, sifted
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Funsten's Blanched Almonds;
finely chopped
One half cup Shortening
5 tablespoon Cold water
CranApple Filling
4 cup Cranberries (1 pound)
1/3 cup Water
2 One half cup Sugar
1/3 cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
Flour, sifted
2 cup Apples (2 medium); finely
chopped
One half cup Funsten's Blanched Almonds;
chopped

BAKE at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. MAKES 9inch pie. Sift together
flour and salt into mixing bowl. Stir in One fourth cup blanched almonds, finely
chopped. Cut in shortening until particles are the size of small peas.
Sprinkle 5 to 6 tablespoons cold water over mixture while tossing and
stirring lightly with fork. Add water to driest particles, pushing lumps to
side, until dough is just moist enough to hold together. Form twothirds of
the dough into a ball. Flatten to about 1/2inch thickness, smoothing
edges. Roll out on floured surface to a circle 1 One half inches larger than an
inverted 9inch piepan. Fit loosely into pan. CranApple Filling: Cook
cranberries in water in large saucepan over low heat until berries burst, 7
to 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Sieve; return to saucepan. Combine sugar
and flour, blend into cranberries. Add apples. Heat to boiling. Pour hot
filling into pastrylined pan. Sprinkle with One half cup chopped blanched
almonds, around edge of filling. Roll out remaining dough. Cut into strips
One half inch wide; crisscross over filling to form lattice top. Trim and seal
ends; fold bottom crust over to cover. Flute. Bake in moderately hot oven
(400 degrees) 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown. *For use with
Pillsbury's Best SelfRising Flour, omit salt and decrease water to 4 to 5
tablespoons.

NOTES : "Junior 2nd Prize Winner in Pillsbury's 8th Grand National Recipe
and Baking Contest by Barbara Campbell, Dayton, Virginia. Adapted by Ann
Pillsbury."

Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #853 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 19, 1997