Why Is It Called Nantucket Pie?

This dessert could be considered more of a cobbler or cake but has the name Nantucket Pie. Why? It is said that this recipe was created first on the Island of Nantucket. Nantucket, as well as the surrounding New England area is knows for its abounded cranberry fields. The cranberry harvest time is from September-November making this a perfect recipe for the Thanksgiving and fall season. Some have even called this recipe “Cranberry Christmas Pie” due to its popularity during the fall and winter season.

Ingredients for Nantucket Cranberry Pie

Cranberries

You can use fresh or frozen cranberries for this recipe. I use frozen and it worked out perfect. Cranberries are a tart berry that are easily balance with just a bit of sugar for the perfect tart to sweet ratio. Cranberries are typically a seasonal ingredient in the grocery stores but I have been able to find them year round at AzureStandard.com. (click here to learn more about Azure Standard)

Sugar

To sweeten our pie we are going to use white sugar. You can substitute your sugar for monk fruit sweetener or even honey or maple syrup. I have not tested out these substitutes yet but plan on doing so this holiday season. I’ll let you know in the future if how they turn out. If you try them before me please let us know what you thought in the comments.

Pecans

A few chopped pecans go a long way in the recipe. They add a little needed texture to our soft cakey top and juicy cranberries by adding a little crunch every now and then. Just enough for maybe every other bite to have a little pecan. If you like more go ahead and add as many as you like.

You could also substitute the pecans for sliced almonds or walnuts if you prefer. Macadamia nuts would also be really good in the pie.

Eggs

Eggs keep the cakey part of our pie light yet holding together. We don’t want everything to fall apart but to hold together so every flavor is combined in each bite.

Melted Butter

Melted butter to create a yummy buttery cakey top to our pie. Melt your butter in the microwave or in a sauce pan on the stove.

Almond Flour

I love almond flour! The nutty flavor makes every dessert so much sweeter and brighter! Although I understand that not everyone loves it as much as myself or not everyone has it in their pantry ready to go. You can use all purpose flour for this recipe. Most recipes call for all purpose flour. Gluten free or regular all purpose flour still makes and excellent cake, but almond flour is the best.

Almond and Vanilla Extract

More almond flavor! and Vanilla. Again I love the almond flavor but if you don’t have almond extract you can skip it. The almond flour will still give you the almond flavor but it is nice to add a little more with the extract.

I like to use vanilla powder rather than extract. You can find the vanilla powder on amazon. This powder is a 1:1 ratio for vanilla extract so you don’t have to do any extra math when substituting. I like the flavor a lot and its been a great addition to my pantry.

Salt

Enhance the flavor with good salt like Redmond Real Salt. If you are looking for a unrefined natural salt with multiple minerals and electrolytes harvested in the United States of America, then look no further. Redmond Real Salt is full of flavor and nutrients and harvested out of the ancient seabed deep beneath Central Utah.

How To Make Nantucket Cranberry Pie

Step 1: Preheat Your Oven to 350 Degrees.

Step 2: Cranberries!

Mix together the cranberries, pecans and 1/2 cup sugar. Simple mix so that the sugar covers the cranberries and pour into you 9 inch pie pan.

Step 3: Make The Batter

In a separate bowl mix together the almond flour, salt, vanilla, eggs, melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar. The batter will be a little thick.

Step 4: Spread Batter on Cranberries

Spoon the batter on the top of the cranberries. Do not mix. Spread the batter to cover the top of the cranberries.

Step 5: Bake.

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown an a toothpick, when inserted, come out clean. Let cool and enjoy!

Nantucket Cranberry Pie

Yield: 1, 9 inch pie pan

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

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Ingredients

Cranberry Filling

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• 2 1/2 Cups Cranberries
• 1/2 Cup Pecan
• 1/2 Cup Sugar

Topping

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• 1 Cup Almond Flour
• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Powder/Extract
• 1/2 Teaspoon Almond Extract
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 Cup Melted Butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a 9 inch pie pan mix together 2 1/2 cups cranberries, 1/2 cup pecans and 1/2 cup sugar.
3. In a bowl mix together the batter ingredients, 1 cup almond flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder/extract and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup melted butter.
4. Spoon the batter on top of the cranberries and spread on top. Do not mix in, just spread on top.
5. Bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and enjoy!

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Ingredients for Cranberry Apple Pie

Cranberries

You can use fresh or frozen cranberries for this recipe. I used frozen and let thaw for a few minutes as I was peeling and cutting the apples but thawing is optional. Cranberries are a tart berry that are easily balance with just a bit of sugar for the perfect tart to sweet ratio.

Cranberries are typically a seasonal ingredient in the grocery stores but I have been able to find them year round at AzureStandard.com. (click here to learn more about Azure Standard)

Apples

Granny Smith Green Apples are the best apples for pie. When cooked they stay soft while still holding their form. Other apples, like fugi or gala apples often fall apart creating more of an applesauce type texture rather than our desired pie filling texture.

White Sugar & Brown Sugar

In this recipe we will use both white sugar and brown sugar. You could use 100% white or brown for this recipe if you want or if you are out of one or the other. If you are out of brown sugar you could add a little molasses to the recipe to add the brown sugar flavor. (read here to find out more about making brown sugar from scratch) You could also substitute the sugar in the recipe to honey or maple syrup of monk fruit sweetener.

Lemon Juice & Zest

Add a little more tart and zest with lemon juice and zest from 1 lemon. Lemon and cranberry are a beautiful flavor combination. The lemon helps the cranberry shine without overpowering the apple flavor.

Flour or Cornstarch

To help thicken the filling to avoid runny apple juice everywhere you can add either flour or cornstarch. The both do the job perfectly. Some people say they can taste the flour and so they prefer cornstarch… Some think the cornstarch doesn’t mix as well so they like flour… I’ve never had problem with either one and I believe its simple preference. If you are looking or a gluten free pie filling recipe use the cornstarch.

Vanilla

Vanilla provides warm undertones in our flavors adding another complementary layer to our apples and cranberries. Typically in an apple pie we have a heavy presence of spices with cinnamon and all-spice or cloves and ginger. This recipe we want the main flavor to be the cranberries and apples without the overwhelm of the spices. Vanilla helps us achieve this.

Cinnamon & Nutmeg

Although we don’t want the spices to overpower our cranberries I still add a little for well rounded flavors. We will not add the all-spice or clovers or ginger but only the cinnamon and nutmeg for our cranberry apple pie. These two spices add just enough spice to complement the apples but not to much to overpower the cranberries.

Salt

Enhance the flavor with good salt like Redmond Real Salt. If you are looking for a unrefined natural salt with multiple minerals and electrolytes harvested in the United States of America, then look no further. Redmond Real Salt is full of flavor and nutrients and harvested out of the ancient seabed deep beneath Central Utah.

How To Make Cranberry Apple Pie

Step One: Make your crust.

I always makes my crust the day or two before. You can make the crust the same day but be sure to let it refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

I personally really like the gingerbread pie crust recipe with the apple pie but a classic pie crust works better for our cranberry pie.

Step Two: Peel, Core and Cut Apples

Peel, core and slice about 5 large apples for your cranberry apple pie. I highly recommend getting an apple peeler to save so much time! You can peel and core and cut by hand, I’ve done that for years but I love my new apple peeler and never want to go back.

Step 3: Mix Pie Filling Ingredients

In a large pot combine the cranberries, apples, sugar, lemon juice and zest, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and vanilla powder all together.

Step 4: Cook Filling on Stove Top

Cook the filling in a large pot covered with a lid for 30-60 minutes. Cooking the apples before baking insures an even bake between the apples and the crust. This allows my to take the pie out of the oven as soon as the crust is done without having to guess if my filling is also done.

When you cook, make sure you cook to the exact texture you want your apples to be with your apple pie. The apples will not get any softer when you are baking it. Once cooked and cooled something happens to the apples and they don’t ‘cook’ any more after the first cook. So Don’t under cook your apples or they will be crunchy in your apple pie.

Step 5: Let the Apples Cool

Cool the cranberries and apples completely before adding them to your pie crust. If you’ve read my 5 tips on a perfect crust you will understand why. The butter in the crust needs to stay cool until its in the oven. You don’t want it to melt until its time for it to create the flaky air bubbles in the crust. So do not put warm apple pie filling in the crust or you might melt the butter too soon and the butter will absorb the flour and you will get a dense crust.

I have often made the filling the day before and let it sit in the fridge overnight before baking on Thanksgiving day.

Step 6: Bake Pie

Now its time to bake your cranberry apple pie. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 325. We want the crust to get hot so that the butter can melt quickly and the steam can do its job in making a flaky crust, then we reduce the temperature so that we don’t burn the tops of the crust.

Step 7: Let Pie Cool and Enjoy

One the pie crust is completely cook your pie is done! Let cool on counter or refrigerator for at least 4 hours before cutting into. Enjoy with some homemade whipped cream!

Cranberry Apple Pie

Yield: 1, 9 inch pie

Addtional Time: 2 hours

Stove Cook Time: 30 minutes

Bake Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes

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Ingredients

• 2 Cups Flour
• 1 Cup Butter (Two Sticks)
• 1 Teaspoon Salt
• 2 Tablespoon Sugar
• 2-4 Tablespoons Water
• 2 Tablespoons
• 1 Ice Cube

Cranberry Apple Pie Filling

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• 1 1/2 Cup Cranberries (Fresh or Frozen)
• 5 Large Green Apples
• 1/2 Cup White Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
• 1/3 Cup Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions

1. Make a pie crust and store in the refrigerator till ready to assemble.
2. Peel, core and cut all the apples.
3. Mix in a large pot the cut apples, cranberries, lemon juice and zest, white sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Cook the filling on the stove top for about 30 minutes or until apples are soft. To no UNDER cook. Cook until the apples are the desired texture for your finished pie.
4. Let the cranberry apple filling cool down completely.
5. Prepare your pan with your pie crust and pour in the filling. Place your top crust on the pie over the filling and bake!
6. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 325 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes. Let cool and enjoy with some fresh whipped cream!

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