{"id":17830,"date":"2014-12-02T07:14:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T12:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=17830"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:01:16","slug":"apple-pear-cranberry-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/02\/apple-pear-cranberry-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Pear, and Cranberry Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/02\/apple-pear-cranberry-pie\/applepearcran\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ApplePearCran.jpg?fit=640%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ApplePearCran\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ApplePearCran.jpg?fit=640%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ApplePearCran.jpg?resize=640%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ApplePearCran\" width=\"640\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ApplePearCran.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ApplePearCran.jpg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This started out as being an apple cranberry pie, since I had a bowlful of pears on the table, I thought I may as well throw\u00a0some of them into the mix. Adding brown sugar to the fruit\u00a0resulted in a slight caramelization of the fruit. A great finish to a holiday meal!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Crust:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/3 cups of all purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 stick of very cold butter, cut up into small pieces<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup ice water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Filling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 apples<\/li>\n<li>3 pears<\/li>\n<li>1 cup of fresh cranberries<\/li>\n<li>juice of half a lemon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Put flour, butter, and salt in a food processor with a metal blade pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add ice water until the dough begins to clump together. Form into a ball, place in plastic bag, and work dough into a flat disc. Refrigerate for an hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Peel, core and slice apples and pears into a large bowl, add cranberries. Squeeze lemon juice into bowl along with the sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cornstarch, toss to combine.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Roll out two thirds of the dough to fit a 9\u2033 pie plate, ease pastry onto plate. Scoop the fruit into the pastry, dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry and cut out long 1\/2\u2033 strips. Weave the lattice crust, tuck under the crust and crimp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">4. Place pie on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 425\u00ba oven for 20 minutes. Lower the heat to 375\u00ba and bake for another 35 to 40 minutes until crust is golden. Let cool on a wire rack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This started out as being an apple cranberry pie, since I had a bowlful of pears on the table, I thought I may as well throw\u00a0some of them into the mix. 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