Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried apples
• Water
• to cover apples
• 2 cups cranberries
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon orange peel
• 2 limes
• juiced
• Piecrust
• recipe follows
• 2 cups sifted flour or 3 cups rye flour
• measured after sifting
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 tablespoons cold water

Instructions

1. Cover dried apples with water.
2. Soak 2 to 3 hours.
3. Drain water, reserving 1 cup.
4. In a saucepan, simmer soaked apples, 1 cup water, and cranberries until cranberries start to burst.
5. Remove from heat; add sugar, raisins, cinnamon, orange peel, and the juice of 2 limes.
6. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
7. Prepare piecrust.
8. Pour mixture into pie plate lined with lower crust.
9. Cover with top crust.
10. Bake pie for 1 hour.
11. Measure and set aside 1/2 cup flour and 2 tablespoons butter.
12. Rub the remaining butter into the flour.
13. Stir in cold water with a fork.
14. Roll dough out on well-floured board with a floured rolling pin, dot with 1 tablespoon reserved butter, and sprinkle 1 tablespoon reserved flour.
15. Roll up the dough like a jelly roll.
16. Flour lightly and roll to a 1/4 -inch thickness.
17. Repeat the butter and flour addition procedure, using up all butter and flour.
18. Divide dough in half and form into 2 discs, covering each with plastic wrap.
19. Store in a cool place until needed.