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  1. 2 cups Flour

  2. 1/2 teaspoon Salt

  3. 1/3 cup Cheddar Cheese; shredded

  4. 1/3 cup Shortening

  5. 6 tablespoons Cold Butter; cut in small pieces

  6. 1/4 cup Cold Water

  7. 11/3 cup Sugar

  8. 3/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

  9. 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

  10. 3 tablespoons Flour

  11. 7 cups Apples; peel & core*

  12. 3/4 cup Cranberries; coarsely chopped

  13. 2 tablespoons Cold Butter; cut in small pieces

  14. Milk & Sugar For Topping

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  1. CRUST FILLING *Slice apples ⅛ to ¼ inch thick. FOR THE CRUST: In lge. bowl combine flour, salt & cheese and mix to combine. Cut in shortening and butter until particles are size of peas. Sprinkle in cold water, 1 tbs. at a time, and mix with fork just until dough comes together in ball. Do not overmix. (If dough is too soft to hndle, press gently into disk and refrigerate about 20 minutes.) Divide dough into 2 pcs. Roll out into 2 circles a bit bigger thath 9 inch pie pan. Brush off excess flour, then gently foll up crust onto rolling pin. Unroll into pie pan and ease crust into pan. Roll Crust over at edges, trimming off excess dough. Crimp with fingers to make pretty crust edge. Cover with plastic wrap while making filling. FOR THE FILLING: In lge. bowl, toss together sugar cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, apples and cranberries. Mound apple mixture evenly in pastry-lined pie pan. Dot apples with butter and cover with top crust. Seal and flute edges with fingertips. Make several slits on top to allow steam to escape. For shiny, sugary top, brush crust lightly with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425 for 10 minutes, then reduce temp. to 375 and bake about 50 minutes or until crust is nicely browned and apples are cooked through. Makes 1 pie (9") (Adapted from "Pacific Northwest the Beautiful Cookbook, HarperCollins, 1993) Palm Beach Post Food Section 3/12/98 billspa@... Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Bill Spalding on Mar 15, 1998

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