That is my apple cranberry crumble pie. Beneath a scrumptious brown sugar and oat crumble topping you’ll discover layers of candy spiced apples and juicy tart cranberries… all atop a wonderfully buttery and flaky pie crust. You should use recent or frozen cranberries on this pie recipe.

Not solely is apple pie my favourite dessert to eat, it’s my favourite dessert to bake.

Making the dough from scratch, creating lovely decorations for the crust, and taking part in round with filling flavors is one of the best. I like discovering new methods to place a recent spin on this basic recipe, whether or not it’s salted caramel apple pie, apple pie with chai spices, or particular person apple hand pies.

Why You’ll Love This Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie

• Traditional recipe, with none sophisticated components
• Like a cross between apple cranberry pie and apple crisp
• Golden flaky pie crust supplies a crisp distinction to the mushy and juicy filling
• Deliciously candy, cinnamon-spiced filling with tart, juicy bursts of cranberries
• Comforting, nostalgia-filled taste
• No par-baking the underside crust, and no tough latticing steps for the highest
• Complete pie perfection with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on high

Start With High quality Pie Crust

To get began on the apple cranberry crumble pie, you want do-it-yourself pie crust. For the sake of time and to stop my fingers from falling off, I gained’t repeat why this do-it-yourself buttery flaky pie crust is my favourite. You possibly can use my all-butter pie crust, too. I like each equally!

You want simply HALF of both pie crust recipe; each make 2 crusts. Save the opposite crust for an additional single-crust pie like my pumpkin pie, pecan pie, or ultra-creamy banana cream pie.

I all the time make the dough the night time earlier than to avoid wasting time the following day. Or, higher but, make the pie crust at the moment, freeze it, then put it within the fridge the night time earlier than making the pie. Save much more time later!

Elements for Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie

1. Apples: It’s finest to make use of a wide range of apples in apple pie. Identical to once we make apple cake or apple cobbler, I like to recommend utilizing half tart and half candy. Here’s a full checklist of one of the best apples for baking.
2. Cranberries: You should use recent or frozen cranberries right here. If utilizing frozen, don’t thaw.
3. Spices: Apple pie isn’t apple pie with out heat spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. I like so as to add allspice to the filling for just a little one thing additional. I take advantage of the identical spice mix in baked apple cider French toast. You’ll want cinnamon for the oat crumble topping, too.
4. Orange Zest: A contact of citrus is essential to maintain the flavour vibrant. (Taste is a bit flat with out it, so don’t skip this!)
5. Brown Sugar: I normally use white granulated sugar in apple pie, however go for brown sugar right here. I like brown sugar, orange, and cranberries collectively, and the trio works splendidly with candy apples. This mega-flavorful filling is unbelievable. You’ll use brown sugar within the topping, too.
6. Flour: Flour thickens the pie filling. You additionally want flour for the topping.
7. Butter: Apart from utilizing butter in your pie dough, you’ll additionally want it for the crumb topping. Be certain it’s very chilly.
8. Oats: The oat crumble topping jogs my memory of this extraordinary apple crisp, and also you’ll find it irresistible on high of this juicy filling and flaky pie crust. For a topping with out oats, attempt the topping from my apple crumble pie.

You additionally want an egg wash (egg + milk) for brushing on the crust edges.

Crumble Topping

Making the crumbly streusel topping is straightforward. You’re going to wish to hold issues chilly, so it doesn’t utterly soften and seep into the pie filling. Use chilly and cubed butter, minimize it into the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon utilizing a pastry cutter or 2 forks, then stir within the oats.

Make the oat crumble topping first and place within the fridge or freezer when you roll out the pie dough and put together the pie filling. Once more, the colder the topping, the extra doubtless it should maintain form within the oven.

Apple Cranberry Pie Filling

The filling is straightforward and created from recent (or frozen) cranberries, apples, brown sugar, flour, and spices. You realize what pairs nicely with cranberries? Orange. Add just a little orange zest to the pie, identical to I do with one other Thanksgiving basic—cranberry sauce.

When deciding on apples for at the moment’s pie, keep in mind that firmer apples are perfect for baking. Keep away from mushy, mealy, and mushy apples. And for a extra advanced, attention-grabbing taste, I recommend utilizing a wide range of apples. I all the time use a sweeter apple like Fuji, Pink Girl, or Honeycrisp, and a tart selection like Granny Smith.

Here’s a full checklist of one of the best apples for baking. cvbbgfgfnnbv

Tip for Success

Be certain your apple slices are across the identical thickness. You don’t need some tremendous thick apples (that gained’t actually prepare dinner) and a few tremendous skinny apples (that may turn out to be mushy). Goal for round 1/4-inch thickness.

Let’s Bake the Pie

Earlier than filling the pie, be sure you crimp or flute the pie crust. Brush the perimeters with egg wash, after which add the apple cranberry filling and high with the chilly crumble topping.

Bake till the filling is effervescent across the edges. About midway by way of baking, examine in your pie and use a pie crust defend when you discover the perimeters are browning fairly rapidly. You too can make a pie crust defend out of aluminum foil, and right here’s how: Take a chunk of aluminum foil and fold it in half. Reduce out a half circle. If you open it again up, you’ll have a sq. of foil with a circle minimize out of the middle.

Right here’s a photograph, and that is my common apple pie:

Don’t neglect the inside track of vanilla ice cream on high, a pie non-negotiable. You’ll love the way it tastes melting down into the tart cranberries and gooey-sweet apples.

This recipe is a part of Sally’s Pie Week, an annual custom the place I share a handful of latest recipes that match into the pie/crisp/tart class. Be part of the neighborhood beneath!

Should you’re searching for extra pie inspiration, listed below are all of our favourite Thanksgiving pies.

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  Writer: Sally
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  Prep Time: 3 hours (contains pie crust)
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  Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour
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  Complete Time: 7 hours (contains cooling)
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  Yield: serves 8-10
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  Class: Pie
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  Methodology: Baking
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  Delicacies: American

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Description

That is my apple cranberry crumble pie. Beneath a scrumptious brown sugar and oat crumble topping you’ll discover layers of candy spiced apples and juicy tart cranberries… all atop a wonderfully buttery and flaky pie crust. No have to pre-bake the crust. You should use recent or frozen cranberries on this pie recipe.

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Crust

Crumble Topping

Filling

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Directions

1. The crust: Put together my pie crust by way of step 5.
2. Make the crumble topping: Whisk the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon collectively in a medium bowl. Reduce within the butter utilizing a pastry cutter or forks till the combination is crumbly. Stir within the oats. Refrigerate till prepared to make use of.
3. After the pie dough chills, preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Place a baking sheet on the underside oven rack, to catch any juices which will spill over the perimeters of the pie.
4. Roll out the chilled pie dough onto a frivolously floured floor. Keep in mind, when rolling out the pie dough, all the time use mild drive along with your rolling pin. Begin from the middle and work your means out in all instructions, rotating the dough along with your fingers as you go. Roll it out right into a circle 12 inches in diameter. Rigorously place the dough in a 9-inch pie dish. Tuck it in along with your fingers, ensuring it’s easy. For an attractive edge, fold the overhanging dough again over the sting and use your fingers to mould the sting into a pleasant thick rim across the pie. Crimp the perimeters with a fork or use your fingers to flute the perimeters. For visuals and a video of this, see learn how to crimp and flute pie crust. Brush the perimeters with egg wash. Refrigerate for a minimum of 10 minutes as you put together the pie filling.
5. Make the filling and assemble: In a big bowl, stir the apple slices, cranberries, brown sugar, flour, orange zest, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg collectively till totally mixed. Spoon the filling into the chilled crust. Sprinkle the chilly crumble topping everywhere in the filling. 
6. Bake for 20 minutes. Then, protecting the pie within the oven, cut back the oven temperature to 375°F (190°C). Place a pie crust defend (see Notes for do-it-yourself defend) on the perimeters to stop them from over-browning. Proceed baking the pie till the filling is effervescent across the edges, 35–40 extra minutes. If you wish to be exact, the inner temperature of the filling taken with an instant-read thermometer ought to be round 200°F (93°C) when carried out. Tip: If wanted in the direction of the tip of bake time, take away the pie crust defend and tent a whole piece of foil on high of the pie if the highest seems prefer it’s getting too brown.
7. Take away pie from the oven, place on a cooling rack, and funky for a minimum of 3 hours earlier than slicing and serving. Filling will probably be too juicy if the pie is heat if you slice it. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
8. ​​Cowl and retailer leftover pie at room temperature for as much as 1 day or within the fridge for as much as 5 days.

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Notes

1. Make Forward & Freezing Directions: A pair methods to make forward of time! Make 1 day prematurely: After the pie cools, cowl tightly and hold at room temperature. The pie crust dough can be ready forward of time and saved within the fridge for as much as 5 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Baked pie additionally freezes nicely for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge and permit to come back to room temperature earlier than serving. Observe that the topping will style a bit mushy after freezing/thawing. Ready filling can be frozen as much as 3 months, thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than utilizing.
2. Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Apple Peeler | Glass Mixing Bowl | Silicone Spatula | Rolling Pin | Pie Dish | Pastry Brush | Pastry Cutter | Massive Baking Sheet | Pie Crust Defend | Cooling Rack | Immediate Learn Thermometer
3. Pie Crust: Each linked pie crust recipes make 2 crusts. You solely want 1 crust for this pie, so freeze the 2nd half for an additional use or one other one-crust pie like pumpkin pie, pecan pie, or extremely creamy banana cream pie.
4. No Oats in Topping: If you wish to skip the oats within the topping, use the identical topping from my apple crumble pie.
5. Apples: See weblog publish above for one of the best apples to make use of. For this pie, I normally use 2 Granny Smith and three Honeycrisp or Pink Girl apples.
6. Aluminum Foil Pie Crust Defend: You should buy a pie crust defend or make one from aluminum foil. Reduce a 14-inch sq. of aluminum foil. Fold in half. Reduce out a 5-inch semi-circle on the folded edge. Unfold. Rigorously match the aluminum foil over the pie crust edges, securing down on the perimeters as finest you may (cautious, the pie is sizzling!), leaving the middle of the pie uncovered.