Dec 4, 2007

5 Minute Apple Cranberry Tart


5 minutes is probably stretching it,  if you hop to it  and the oven is already hot, you might be able to get this   baking even sooner.   This cranberry-apple version is really delicious,  so I tried using peach pie filling and fresh blueberries.....uh, not so good.    Still, you may want to experiment with other combination and see if they work.  Blueberry filling and fresh strawberries? Cherry pie fillling and  fresh blackberries?  I'll let you check those out,  I'm sticking to this version.

Preheat the oven to 400. Unwrap a  roll of refrigerated pie crust pastry and place it in a 9" pie pan.  Combine a 21 oz can of apple pie filling with a cup of fresh cranberries, 1/4 c. chopped walnuts, & 1 tsp cinnamon.    Spoon onto crust..  Fold the edges toward the middle, pleating as necessary so it lies flat.  Sprinkle  the crust and filling with 2 TB sugar. Bake at  400 for 15 minutes, then reduce temp to 350 for  40-45 minutes, until bubbly and  the crust is golden.  Cool and  remove from the baking dish, it  looks pretty on a serving plate.    Makes 4-6 servings.