Easy Single Crust Spiced Apple & Cranberry Pie Recipe
An easy recipe for a top crust only spice apple and cranberry pie
Ingredients
- 4 Granny Smith apples
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup granulated (white) sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- pinch of allspice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- 1 large egg for egg wash
- 1 tbsp water for egg wash
- cinnamon sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Take the pie crust out of the fridge. It has to sit out at least 15 minutes.
- Peel, core, and cube the apples. Set aside.
- Wash the cranberries, removing any stems.
- Stir the apples and cranberries together in a large bowl.
- Add the sugar and spices to the apples and cranberries and stir to combine.
- Add the cornstarch and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Carefully unroll the dough and place on a lightly floured surface.
- Roll out the dough to about a 12-inch circle.
- Use a biscuit cutter or circular cookie cutter to cut out 16 disks. You may need to bunch up the scraps and re-roll the dough to cut additional circles.
- Lightly spray a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
- Pour the fruit filling into the prepared baking pan.
- Layer the disks of dough on top of the filling. Each disk of dough should overlap a bit. Most of the surface of the fruit should be covered. It is like a lattice top, but less complicated.
- Add the water to a beaten egg in a small bowl.
- Brush the egg wash over the surface of the dough.
- Lightly sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if desired.
- Put the baking pan on a baking sheet and place it on the middle rack of the oven.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 35 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the fruit bubbling.
- This is a delicious pie to serve slightly warm, but let it cool down a bit first.