Apple-Cranberry Pie

Name: Apple-Cranberry Pie
Yield: Makes one 9-inch pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups, fresh or frozen cranberries; 1/4 cup, orange juice; 1 cup, granulated sugar (7 ounces) plus 1 tablespoon for top of pie; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 cup, water; 1 tablespoon, cornstarch; 3 1/2 pounds, sweet apples (6 to 7 medium), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (see note above); 1 recipe, pie dough; 1 , egg white, beaten lightly

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2007

Desserts or Baked Goods

Adding cranberries to an apple pie can result in out-of-balance flavors.

SERVESMakes one 9-inch pie

TIME1¾ hours, plus 2½ hours cooling and 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an apple-cranberry pie recipe with a crisp crust and balanced flavors, we precooked the cranberries so they wouldn’t shed a lot of liquid during baking. Then we arranged the cooked cranberries and apples in two distinct layers, allowing...

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