Cranberry Walnut Upside Down Apple Pie Recipes

MOM'S CRANBERRY APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Fit a pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish and arrange sliced apples into crust. Spread cranberries over apples. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle mixture over cranberries. Distribute butter pieces over pie filling. Place remaining crust over filling, crimp both crusts together, and cut several slits into top crust to vent steam.
• Bake until pie is browned and fruit filling is bubbling, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CRANBERRY AND WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge., Spread cranberries evenly into crust; sprinkle with brown sugar and walnuts. In a bowl, beat egg on high speed until thick and pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in flour and melted butter (mixture will be thick). Spoon over cranberries, spreading evenly., Bake on a lower oven rack until crust is golden brown, 40-45 minutes. Cover pie loosely with foil during the last 10-15 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm with ice cream.

APPLE-CRANBERRY UPSIDE - DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter and dissolve brown sugar.
• Place thin apple rings into bottom of 2 (9-inch) non-stick round cake pans. Sprinkle in dried cranberries. Pour butter and sugar mixture over apples and cranberries.
• With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, and combine well. In a bowl combine sifted flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture slowly to egg mixture while beating continuously. Combine vanilla and buttermilk. Add buttermilk mixture to batter and beat until just combined.
• Pour batter into cake pans over fruit mixture. Bake for 25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Let cakes rest in pans on racks to cool. Unmold onto a serving platter.

APPLE-CRANBERRY CRISP PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Prepare pie crust in 9" pie pan.
• In large bowl, combine all filling ingredients but the fruit and mix well.
• Add fruit, mix, and spoon into crust.
• In small bowl, combine all topping ingredients and mix with fork or pastry blender until crumbly.
• Sprinkle over filling.
• Bake at 425F for 35-45 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is golden brown.
• Cover edge of crust with foil after 15 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning.
• Enjoy!

CRANBERRY WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl; beat thoroughly. Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
• Line a 9-inch pie plate with the prepared crust. Pour in cranberry and walnut mixture; smooth the top. Cover the rim of the crust with thin strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake in the preheated oven until center is set, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool before serving, at least 30 minutes.