Rustic Cherry Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 5 -6 tablespoons ice water
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 cups fuji apples or 3 cups gala apples or 3 cups granny smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup dark sweet cherries or 1 cup tart cherries
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 5 tablespoons cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 pie crust:.
• 2 in a bowl, stir together flour, sugar and salt.
• 3 using a pastry blender, cut butter cubes into flour mixture until pieces are pea-size.
• 4 sprinkle vinegar over flour mixture, tossing with a fork.
• 5 sprinkle 5 to 6 tablespoons cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over flour mixture, tossing with a fork each time until dough is moistened and crumbly.
• 6 gather dough into a ball, flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• 7 roll dough into a 12-inch circle.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 10 in a bowl, stir together sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon.
• 11 add apples to cinnamon sugar mixture and mix thoroughly.
• 12 add cherries and lemon juice and mix thoroughly.
• 13 place filling in center of crust, dot with butter.
• 14 bring pastry up and 2 to 3 inches over the filling, overlap or pleat and gather folds in the dough, gently press together where necessary.
• 15 for topping:.
• 16 stir together flour and brown sugar.
• 17 cut in butter until crumbly, sprinkle over apples and butter.
• 18 bake 40 to 50 minutes, until crust is golden.
• 19 remove to wire rack and cool.