APPLE-CRANBERRY-WALNUT PIE

Ingredients

1  Flaky Pastry (can use ready made type)

1 egg beaten lightly with 1 tablespoon water

¼ cup plain cracker or corn flake crumbs

4 large Granny Smith or Greening apples, peeled and sliced

½ cup dark brown sugar, packed

Juice of ½ lemon

2 ½ tablespoons flour

½ tablespoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¾ cup chopped walnuts

1-cup cranberries, fresh or frozen (not defrosted)

2 tablespoons butter cut up

Granulated sugar

Procedure

1. Prepare pastry as follows... 

Roll out 1 portion to 12-inch circle and ease into 10-iinch Pyrex pie plate.(Refrigerate remaining pastry until ready to use.) Brush egg glaze over pastry in pie plate, then sprinkle with crumbs. Set aside.

2. Toss apples along with brown sugar, lemon juice, flour, cinnamon nutmeg, walnuts and cranberries in large bowl. Spoon mixture into crust and dot with butter.

3 Roll out remaining pastry. Cut into 12 (3/4- inch wide) strips. Arrange strips, 6 in each direction, lattice-fashion, over top. Brush egg glaze between ends of lattice strips and bottom crust edge. Fold over edges and crimp. Brush pastry top with glaze, then sprinkle with a little granulated sugar.

4. Set pie on rack in lower third of oven. Bake at 425 degrees 15 minutes. Lower heat to 350 degrees, raise pie to center rack and bake 40 to 45 minutes longer or until golden brown. Check pies crust about halfway through baking time and add foil edging to prevent overbrowning. Cool on wire rack.

Enjoy !!!

6 cooked sweet potatoes, (about 3 cups)
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup chopped nuts--Mom always used pecans
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup oil
a little under 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Generously grease a 2 qt casserole dish/

Peel and mash the sweet potatoes. Mix in the sugar and the eggs . Pout into the greased casserole dish

Put all the other ingredients into a mixing bowl and blend until it forms a crumbly texture.
Sprinkle on top of the sweet potato mixture,

Bake at 350F for about one hour.