Apple Cranberry Hand Pies (and a crisp to boot)
 
This recipe makes LOTS of extra filling for 4 hand pies (enough for an entire extra apple cranberry crisp). I'll keep the ratios the same, but you may opt to use extra pie crust to make more pies, or use the extra filling for a crisp as I did in the blog post. You can even enjoy the filling as-is with some whipped cream. As always, there are lots of opportunities to make it your own!
Ingredients
  • For the Cranberry part of the filling (you can opt to skip and use whole homemade cranberry sauce if you have some on-hand)
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup water (& orange juice is optional - so long as liquids add up to ½ cup, you can play with the ratio of juice to water)
  • For the Apple Filling
  • 2 Tbsp butter, up to 1 tbsp more if needed
  • 6 large apples, peeled and sliced into thin chunks
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 box of 2 pre-made pie crusts
  • butte/spray/shortening for greasing the pan
Instructions
  1. For the cranberry filling - Combine cranberries, water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring and gently boiling until all of the cranberries pop and the sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes from the time of the boil. (or open a jar of whole cranberry sauce and skip this step)
  2. Melt butter into a large pot before adding the apple slices. After coating the apples in the butter, add white and brown sugar and stir before adding cinnamon. After the apples soften, (5-10 minutes), add the cranberry mixture to the apple mixture, tasting and adding until just tart to your liking. Cool completely.
  3. Bring the crusts to room temperature. Roll the prepared crusts into slightly larger circles before cutting into quarters. Add about ¼ cup of the filling to each quarter before folding and crimping the sides shut with the tines of a fork. Cut several small slits in the top of each pie and place in a greased baking pan in the oven at 350. Check after 25 minutes and remove once the pies are just golden brown. (Careful, filling will be hot!)
Recipe by CSA|365 at https://www.csa365.org/2015/10/apple-cranberry-hand-pies-and-a-crisp-to-boot/