avalon cranberry apple slab pie recipe

Avalon Apple Cranberry Slab Pie

Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 lbs cooking apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced about 7 cups
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup Somerset Ridge Avalon
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 pkg frozen puff pastry, thawed (2 sheets) 17.3 oz package
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Dash salt
  • 2-3 tsp milk
  • 2 tsp Somerset Ridge Avalon
  • coarse sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Lightly grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan; set aside.
  3. Soak the dried cranberries in the 1/4 cup Avalon Wine for 30 minutes
Filling
  1. In a large bowl stir together apples, granulated sugar, cranberries in the Somerset Ridge Avalon, flour, and cinnamon; set aside.
Pie
  1. On a lightly floured surface, unfold one sheet of pastry
  2. Roll pastry into a 15 x 10-inch rectangle
  3. Transfer to the prepared baking pan
  4. Spread filling over pastry to within 1 inch of the outside edge
  5. Unfold the remaining sheet of pastry
  6. Roll into a 16x11-inch rectangle
  7. Place pastry on top of filling
  8. Moisten edge of bottom pastry with milk
  9. Fold bottom pastry over top pastry; gently press edges to seal
  10. Using a sharp knife, cut slits in pastry
  11. Brush top lightly with milk and sprinkle with coarse sugar
  12. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until filling is bubbly and pastry is puffed and golden
  13. If necessary to prevent over-browning, cover tart loosely with foil for the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking
Icing
  1. In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt
  2. Stir in the Somerset Ridge Avalon and enough of the milk to reach drizzling consistency
  3. Drizzle icing over warm tart
  4. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into bars

Notes

To store: Do not tightly cover pie or it will become soggy.