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Cranberry Crunch Pie
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 8
Categories:
Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 1
pie crust (9")
partially baked 1
pk
cream cheese (8 oz),
softene
1/3
c
brown sugar,
firmly packed
2
tb
cornstarch 1/8
t
salt 1
cn
whole-berry cranberry sauce 2
c
tart apples,
peeled and
chopped (about 3/4 lb)
walnut strusel- 1/3
c
all-purpose flour 1/2
c
walnuts,
chopped
3
tb
brown sugar,
firmly packed
1/4
t
cinnamon 1/4
c
butter or margarine,
firm
Directions:
Prebake your pastry crust. They use Flaky Pastry from the same book.
Bake it 10 min. at 450^ lining the shell with foil and filled with
beans. Remove foil and continue to bake until lightly browned (4 to 5
more mins.) Let cool on a rack.
In small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth; spread on bottom of
pastry shell. Combine sugar, constarch and salt. Stir in cranberry
sauce and apples. Spoon mixture evenly over cream cheese. Prepare
Walnut Steusel, and sprinkle over cranberry mixture. Walnut Steusel:
Combine all ingredients except butter together. Then with your fingers
rub in the firm butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Bake
pie in a 375^ oven until steusel is golden brown (about 45 mins). Check
pie after 15 to 20 minutes. If crust or steusel is browning too
rapidly, drape pie loosely with foil. Let cool on a rack, then
refrigerate until cold. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Source: Sunset
Holiday Cookbook.
By "Lloyd A. Carver" <lloyd2@mindspring.com> on Jan 5, 1996
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