Rustic Apple-Cranberry Tart
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Pie-cobbler-cheesecake- tarts
Ingredients
- 2 (12 oz.) pkg. Stouffer's Escalloped Apples
- 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 6 Tbsp. brandy
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup plus 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 (15 oz.) pkg. refrigerated piecrusts
Directions
- Thaw escalloped apples in microwave at medium 6 to 7 minutes.
- Microwave cranberries, brandy, and 2 Tbsp. water in a large glass bowl at high 2 1/2 minutes; stir in escalloped apples. Add 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3 Tbsp. flour, stirring to blend. Set aside.
- Combine remaining 1/3 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in walnuts.
- Unfold piecrusts, stack on a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 15-inch circle. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spoon apple mixture in center of pastry, leaving a 3-inch border. Sprinkle with walnut mixture. Lift pastry edges, and pull over apple mixture, leaving a 9-inch circle of fruit showing in center. Press folds gently to secure.
- Bake at 400 degrees on lower rack for 30 minutes.