Cran Cranberry Honey Fudge Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. square pan with foil. Coat the foil with cooking spray; set aside., In a heavy saucepan, combine chocolate chips and corn syrup. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon until thickened and glossy, about 5 minutes. Stir in cranberries and walnuts. Spread into prepared pan; refrigerate until firm. , Using foil, lift fudge out of pan; discard foil. Cut fudge into 1-in. squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. To make the crust: Process the crackers OR cookie crumbs, sugar, and melted butter, in a food processor until crumbly and well combined. I made chocolate cookies and used them for the crust. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9″ pie plate. Bake the crust for about 7 to 8 minutes, until it's set, but not brown. Remove from the oven and cool.
• Put the chips (or chopped chocolate) and cream in a microwave-safe container, and heat for about 90 seconds stopping every 30 seconds to stir the chocolate. Remove from the microwave, and stir until the mixture becomes smooth and dark brown; you're simply making a basic ganache.
• Spoon the hot ganache into the cooled crust, and sprinkle the nuts on top. Refrigerate the pie for at least 2 hour, until the ganache has firmed up.
• While the pie is chilling, make the topping. Bring the honey, salt, and cranberry juice to a boil. Stir in the dried cranberries, and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the fresh or frozen cranberries, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 10 minutes, until some of the berries have burst and the liquid has cooked down.
• Remove the cranberries from the heat, spoon into a bowl, and chill.
• To finish assembling the pie: Spoon 1 1/2 cups cranberry sauce atop the fudge/nut filling. Chill until ready to serve. I posted a separate recipe of this topping as it has many uses.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°
• Combine butter, honey, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in the eggs and mix well. Stir in pecans and cranberries. Pour mixture into premade pie shell. Bake at 325° for 60 minutes, and then raise oven temperature to 360° for about 20 minutes or until filling is set and no longer jiggly.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk egg, 3 tablespoons ice water and vinegar until blended. In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in shortening and lard until crumbly. Gradually add egg mixture, tossing with a fork, until dough holds together when pressed. If mixture is too dry, slowly add more ice water, a teaspoon at a time, just until mixture comes together., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 portion of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust even with rim. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, mix 1-1/4 cups sugar and tapioca. Add cranberries, raspberries, honey and almond extract; toss to coat evenly. Let stand 15 minutes., Pour filling into pie plate. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top. Combine cinnamon and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar; sprinkle over top. Place pie on a baking sheet; bake 10 minutes., Reduce oven setting to 350°. Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 35-40 minutes. Cool pie on a wire rack. If desired, serve with ice cream.

Steps:

• To make the crust, combine the flour, salt and sugar in a food processor; add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add the sour cream and water; process a few seconds until a dough ball just starts to form (do not over-process).
• Note: to make the dough by hand, place ingredients in a mixing bowl and use a pastry blender to cut butter and shortening into flour mixture; add the sour cream and ice water, and just mix until it comes together and forms a mass.
• Transfer the dough to a floured work surface and pat down to about 1-inch thick.
• Cut into 2 pieces; wrap each one in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight.
• To make filling, coarsely grind the orange in a food processor or blender; set aside.
• In a large saucepan, mix together all remaining ingredients, along with orange, stirring to combine, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and sugar is dissolved, about 4-6 minutes; set aside to cool completely.
• Position the rack in the center of the oven, and the other rack just beneath it.
• Peheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• To prepare pie, roll out 1 piece of the dough on a slightly floured surface into a circle about 12-inches in diameter (dust surface with more flour as necessary).
• Roll the dough around the rolling pin, lift it over a 10-inch pie pan, and unroll over the pan; adjust to center the dough, then press into place.
• Roll out the remaining dough into a 12-inch circle; spoon the cooled filling into the pie shell in the pan, mounding it in the center.
• Using a pastry brush dipped in the milk, moisten the sides of the bottom crust, then drape the top crust over the pie.
• Lightly press the top and bottom crust edges together, and trim the excess dough by running a knife around the edge of the pan.
• Crimp edges to make a decorative border; also cut 3-4 venting slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Brush top crust with milk, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• Place the pie in the preheated oven, and place a rimmed baking sheet below it.
• Bake for 45- 50 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack; serve warm or at room temp; goes well with ice cream.