Cranberry-Apple Pie

This is my signature dish for the holidays. 

Ingredients
2 cups cranberries
3/4 cups apple juice
1/4 cups corn starch
1 cup sugar
1 pound apples (granny smith)
2 pie crusts (either the pie crust from the Double Crust Apple Pie or trader joe's pie crusts)

Preparation

1. In a medium sauce pan, combine cranberries and apple juice; bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Reduce heat to low and simmer 3 minutes or until skins on cranberries begin to pop.
3. Mix cornstarch with sugar, then stir in cranberries, cook about 2 minutes until mixture bubbles and thickens.  Remove from heat and mix with apples.
4. Heat oven to 375*.  Line 9-inch pie dish with 1/2 of pastry, trimming to about 1" beyond edge of pie dish.  Spoon filling into crust.
5. Roll remaining pastry into 10" circle.  Cut top pastry into 1" strips.  Cris-cross strips to make lattice top, then flute edges.  Brush pastry with water and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
6. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

Cranberry Orange Nut Bread

Way better than banana bread, zucchini bread, etc.  Whenever I make this, I definitely devour at least half of the loaf on my own.  On a sunny spring morning in Squaw in May 2010, we sliced up this bread, warmed it, put butter and sliced strawberries on top, and drank with mimosa's.  Perfect breakfast for a warm day.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon orange peel, grated
3/4 cup orange juice
1 egg
1 cup cranberries, chopped
1/2 walnuts, chopped

Preparation

1. Heat oven to 350*.  Grease bottom of 9x5x3 loaf pan.
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking odder, salt, baking soda
3. Stir in butter until mixture is crumbly
4. Stir in orange peel, orange juice and egg until flour is moistened
5. Stir in cranberries and walnuts
6. Pour into loaf pan.  Bake 55-65 minutes
7. Loosen sides, remove from pan, cool on wire rack.

Nutrition Facts

Cranberry Orange Nut Bread (4 servings)

Amount per serving

Amount Per Serving
Calories 543.5		Cals from Fat 128
Total Fat		14.24 g
	Saturated Fat	2.88 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	7.9 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	2.52 g
	Trans Fat	0 g
Cholesterol		58.6 mg
Sodium		811.99 mg
	Potassium	294.24 g
Total Carbohydrate		95.97 g
	Dietary Fiber	3.87 g
	Sugars	43.25 g
Protein		10.38 g