Apple-Cranberry Pie

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2007

Adding cranberries to an apple pie can result in out-of-balance flavors.

SERVES Makes one 9-inch pie

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2½ hours cooling and 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an apple-cranberry pie recipe with a crisp crust and balanced flavors, we precooked the cranberries so they wouldn’t shed a lot of liquid during baking. Then we arranged the cooked cranberries and apples in two distinct layers, allowing...

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