My pie was just okay. Not great, not bad either. Fair to middling.
On the downside, it was soupy. Maybe I didn't cook the cranberry sauce long enough. There was very little thickener in the recipe -- just 1 teaspoon of corn starch -- so I guess they were counting on the cranberry sauce being thick. Also, the bottom crust was gummy. Which I think was also caused by there being too much liquid in the pie.
On the upside, the crumb topping was great. It was basically a streusel with oats added. I will definitely try that again.
And the filling tasted really good despite its soupiness. Tart, not very sweet. It had 4 1/2 apples: two Granny Smith, two Jonagold, and a half a Fuji. Plus a batch of cranberry sauce, made from a bag of cranberries. And only 3/4 cup of sugar.
Come to think of it, the filling might have been thicker if there had been more sugar. Oh well, live and learn.
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