Ingredients

  • 1 c. dried cranberries (available at specialty food shops)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 c. apple cider
  • 2/3 c. all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into bits
  • 10 McIntosh apples (about 3 lb.)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • In a small saucepan, simmer the dried cranberries, cinnamon stick and the apple juice for 10 minutes. Drain the cranberries and remove cinnamon stick.
  • In a small bowl, blend the flour, brown sugar, salt and the butter until mixture resembles coarse meal; toss the mixture well.
  • Peel, core and slice apples thin and in a buttered 13 x 9-inch glass dish.
  • Toss them with the cranberries.
  • Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture over the apples and cranberries.
  • Bake the Crisp in the oven for 25 minutes.
  • Serves 6.