Common Cuisine |

• 2 Pie Crusts
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar

Mmm… cranberries, apples, nuts. Sounds like a winning combination to me!

• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 5 cups chunked apples
• ½ cup coarsely chopped nuts, toasted

Preheat oven to 425. Line pie plate with pastry crust. Mix brown sugar and flour in large bowl. Stir in cranberry sauce, apples and nuts. Place mixture in pie plate. Cover with top crust and cut vents; then crimp edges together.

Bake 40 to 50 minutes until crust begins to brown and juice starts to bubble out of the vents.

Serves 8.

Ah, I can’t even follow my own directions! This is not actually a recipe at all, just a way to modify your pie to be special.

For special pumpkin pie, use whatever recipe you wish. I use the recipe on the package of pumpkin puree. Add 2 Tablespoons of dark molasses to the filling per pie. Before pouring pie filling into crust, sprinkle about 2 Tablespoons finely chopped walnuts or pecans on pie crust. Then fill and bake according to directions.