Cran-Apple Slab Pie

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Cran-apple slab pie is a perfect and easy dessert for the holiday season, and it uses canned cranberry sauce. Add it to your menu this year!

The start of apple season revives my recipe creativity. I make jelly, jam, chips and even throw them over chicken. But, apple pie is my all time favorite. While I have an awesome apple pie recipe, I’m always trying to figure out how I can get my fix with little effort. I think I may have found the secret: cran-apple slab pie.

Cran-apple slab pie is a perfect and easy dessert for the holiday season, and it uses canned cranberry sauce. Add it to your menu this year!

You’ve heard of slab pie before. You may have even heard of apple slab pie. But what about cran-apple slab pie? No? Well below is the secret to this recipe.

 Cran-apple slab pie is a perfect and easy dessert for the holiday season, and it uses canned cranberry sauce. Add it to your menu this year!

That’s right. Those cans of whole cranberry sauce are good for something other than Thanksgiving dinner! It’s perfect for baking and gives the sweet and tart apples a big of tang. Plus, the color is beautiful. I also used my favorite pie crust recipe from The Pioneer Woman to make this, since I had no butter on hand. Add in some quick oats and a bit of brown sugar, and you’re in the pie business, baby!

Cran-apple slab pie is a perfect and easy dessert for the holiday season, and it uses canned cranberry sauce. Add it to your menu this year!

Cran-Apple Slab Pie

Ingredients:
1 can whole cranberry sauce
3 apples peeled, cored and diced (I used granny smith)
1/4 cup quick oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch of nutmeg

Instructions:

Follow The Pioneer Woman’s recipe for pie crust.
Take 1/4 of the dough and place in a small bowl and the rest in a zip-top bag. Refrigerate all of the dough for at least 30 minutes.
Place diced apples, cranberry sauce, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a bowl medium bowl. Stir together and set aside.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Place parchment paper over the cookie sheet. After chilling for 30 minutes, pull out the zip-top bag of pie dough. With your hands, or a rolling pin if you’re fancy, spread the dough out onto to fit the cookie sheet.
Take out the small bowl of dough and add the quick oats, brown sugar, and vegetable oil. With your fingers, blend together until the mixture resembles small peas or a streusel topping.
Place the apple mixture on top of the pie dough on the cookie sheet, and spread almost to the edges, but not quite. Sprinkle the streusel topping over the apples.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.
Let the pie rest for an hour, slice into squares and enjoy!

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8 Comments

  1. 9.19.13

    I have never heard of slab pie before – but that looks amazing! Haven’t had breakfast yet – and that is making me very hungry! 🙂

  2. 9.19.13
    Sarah said:

    Oh this looks delicious! This season makes me want to bake too

  3. 9.19.13
    Mariah said:

    I have never heard of slab pie but now this is going to be made in my house. It has to be! I want it now! Thank you so much for sharing!

  4. 9.19.13
    Gina B said:

    Mmm, looks delicious! I’m a nut for natural stuff, so I’d probably make the cranberry sauce. I did that last winter and it came out DELISH, but it was hard work 🙂

  5. 9.19.13

    I have never had a slab pie but it sounds amazing!!

  6. 9.19.13

    I hope there’s a little leftover for you to bring to me at Type A next week in Atlanta. Just saying…
    #appledessertaddict

  7. 9.19.13

    This looks fabulously! Do you mind if I add a link to my apple recipe round up I’m doing on Frugal Local Kitchen next Friday? If it’s okay, I’d like to include one of your photos in the round up image.

  8. 9.19.13
    Heather said:

    Oooh! My husband and I were just looking for something to do with our haul of apples!