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Skillet Apple Cranberry Pie is delicious _ and easy to make

By Sara Moulton dough round that has quickly with your finger-
Associated Press softened on the coun- tips or a pastry blender,
Just because nothing’s ter and place it over mix the dough until most
more American than the apples, letting the of mixture resembles
apple pie — and few edges hang out over coarse meal, with the
desserts more delicious the rim of the skillet. Ease rest in small (roughly
— doesn’t mean that the dough down, press- pea-sized) lumps. Drizzle
making one is easy. On ing it in gently where the 2 tablespoons ice wa-
the contrary, the stan- apples meet the skillet. ter evenly over the mix-
dard recipes can be Trim the crust with a pair ture and gently stir with
pretty involved. But this of clean scissors so that a fork until incorporated.
recipe is for a pie with it is flush with the top rim Gently squeeze a small
only one crust, not two, of the skillet and fold handful, which should
and with everything the edges of the dough hold together without
cooked in the same skil- back in on top of the re- crumbling apart. If it
let. There’s just one sheet This Sept. 11, 2017 photo shows a skillet apple cranberry pie in maining dough to form doesn’t, add more ice
of dough to roll out, and New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. a rim. Re-roll the dough water, 1/2 tablespoon
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because there’s no crust scraps, cut out several at a time, stirring two or
on the bottom, you sweet and crunchy. ered, stirring frequently, leaf shapes and place three times after each
spend no time crimp- SKILLET APPLE CRANBER- until most of the apples them in the center of the addition until it comes
ing it together with the RY PIE are tender but still hold dough. Brush the crust together.
crust on top. In short, Start to finish: 3 hours, 15 their shape, 12 to 15 min- evenly all over with the Turn the dough out onto
Skillet Apple Cranberry minutes (45 active) utes. cream and sprinkle with a clean work surface.
Pie is the ideal recipe for Servings: 6 Transfer the apples with the sugar. With the heel of your
someone unsure of his or Pie Dough (recipe be- a slotted spoon to a Bake the pie on the low- hand, smear the dough
her baking skills. low) or 12 1/2 ounces rimmed sheet pan, leav- er rack of the oven for in a forward motion on
To start, you’re going store-bought pie dough ing all the liquid in the 25 to 30 minutes or until the work surface to help
to precook the apples. 2 1/2 pounds mixed skillet, and spread the golden brown. Let stand distribute fat. Gather
Apples tend to shrink as apples (your choice, apples out in one layer. for 10 minutes before the smeared dough
they bake, opening up but avoid apples that Bring the liquid to a boil, serving, garnish with the together and repeat
a large gap between fall apart like Mcintosh), reduce to a simmer and ice cream. the process. Form the
the apple filling and the peeled, cored and cook until it is reduced Pie Dough dough into a disk. Chill,
upper crust. I’ve read sliced 1/4-inch thick to a few tablespoons For the dough: wrapped in plastic wrap,
recipes that suggest 3 tablespoons dark and is quite syrupy. Add 1 1/2 cups unbleached until firm, at least 1 hour.
precooking the apples, brown sugar the reduced syrup and all-purpose flour (180 Remove the dough from
then dumping off the 2 teaspoons fresh lemon the cranberries to the grams) the refrigerator about 30
liquid that’s generated juice apples and stir well. Let 1 tablespoon sugar minutes before rolling it
while they cook. That 1/4 teaspoon table salt
makes no sense. The liq- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
uid is rich in apple flavor. 2 tablespoons unsalted
You just need to remove butter
the precooked apples 1/3 cup fresh apple ci-
from the pan, then sim- der
mer the liquid to cook off 1/2 cup dried cranber-
the excess water. What’s ries
left is apple syrup. Add a 2 tablespoons heavy
little fresh cider to it and cream
you’ve really intensified 1 heaping tablespoon
the apple-ness. granulated sugar
All the apples are piled Vanilla ice cream for
into a 10-inch skillet. You garnish
may wonder if they’ll Roll out the crust on a
cook evenly, given how lightly floured surface
crowded together they into a 12-inch round,
are. The answer is yes. transfer to a round plat-
Just be sure to stir them ter and chill, covered,
frequently as they cook. for 45 minutes. Remove
Once the filling is pre- from the refrigerator and
pared and has cooled let soften slightly at room This Sept. 11, 2017 photo shows a skillet apple cranberry pie in New York. This dish is from a recipe
off, take the pre-rolled temperature for 15 min- by Sara Moulton.
dough, place it over the utes. Associated Press
apples, tuck in the edg- While the dough is chill- the apples and the skil- 1/4 teaspoon table salt out.q
es and bake the pie. Be- ing, in a medium bowl let cool. 10 tablespoons cold un- ———Nutrition informa-
cause the apples have toss together the apples, Preheat the oven to 425 salted butter, cut into tion per serving: 508 cal-
been precooked and brown sugar, lemon F. Put the bottom rack 1/2-inch cubes ories; 227 calories from
the pie has a single crust, juice, salt and cinna- in the lower third of the 2 to 4 tablespoons ice fat; 26 g fat (16 g satu-
it bakes much more mon. In a 10-inch skillet oven. water rated; 1 g trans fats); 68
quickly than a more melt the butter over me- When the apples Make the dough: mg cholesterol; 205 mg
conventional apple pie. dium-high heat. Reduce have cooled, transfer In a large bowl, stir to- sodium; 69 g carbohy-
The cream and granu- to medium and add the them back to the skil- gether the flour, sugar drate; 6 g fiber; 38 g sug-
lated sugar brushed apple mixture and the let, smoothing the top. and the salt, add the ar; 4 g protein.q
on top make the crust cider. Cook, tightly cov- Carefully lift up the butter and, working ———