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Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie

Ingredients

  • 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

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. Remove from heat; add sugar, raisins, cinnamon, orange peel, and the juice of 2 limes.
  3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  4. Prepare piecrust. Pour mixture into pie plate lined with lower crust. Cover with top crust.
  5. Bake pie for 1 hour.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

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