Cranberry Apple Crumble
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Adding cranberries to the filling evokes a familiar fall color and provides pleasant tartness to balance the sweetness.
Ingredients
For crumble topping
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ½ stick unsalted butter, cut into ½ pieces
  • ½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped
For fruit filling
  • 2 pds Gala apples (about 5), peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 8 oz fresh or frozen (not thawed) cranberries
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 3 tbs all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2½ tbs fresh lemon juice
  • ½ stick unsalted butter, cut into ½ inch pieces1 pre-made pie crust
Instructions
Make crumble topping:
  1. Stir together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
  2. Blend in butter with your fingertips until large clumps form, then stir in pecans.
Make fruit filling:
  1. Stir together apples, cranberries, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and lemon juice in a large bowl.
  2. Sprinkle crumble topping over filling
  3. Bake, uncovered, 350 F until crumble is browned, filling is bubbling, and apples are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour more.
Recipe by Cooking Outdoors at https://cooking-outdoors.com/four-easy-holiday-pie-recipes/