Have to tried HBO Max Yet?
With Christmas right around the corner, everyone is happily watching Holiday movies and specials.
HBO Max has several movies, shows and specials to get you right into the holiday mood, including the movie classic, “A Christmas Carol.”
It wouldn’t be Christmas without it!
My Apple Cranberry themed Pie envelopes everything we love about this classic movie.
It has a flaky, buttery crust, a bright festive filling and a holiday movie themed crust design. It’s perfect!
To make the pie, start with making the pie crust. You can make it the night before or chill it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before you use it.
Mix slices of apples and cranberries with sugar and spices and add to a pie dish with a rolled dough for the bottom crust. Add a top crust.
If you don’t have a large top hat cookie cutter, you’ll have to make your own shape. Draw out a 5-6 inch top hat and a band for the hat the same width on paper and cut them out. Place the paper hat on top of the rolled dough. Use an exacto knife to cut out the hat shape. Do the same for the hat band. Draw and cut an old fashioned candle as well. Add the to the pie with cut out letters that spell “A Christmas Carol”.
To decorate the pie, use holly cookie cutter to cut out dough to place around the perimeter of the pie dish. For the pine needles, take a small piece of dough and roll it with you hands until it’s long shaped. Place it down and cut slits with a knife up and down the dough to make pine needles or a feather look. Make 6-10 and Place them all around the perimeter of the pie. Add pine cone and small berry shapes.
There you have A Christmas Carol themed holiday pie. The perfect dessert to watch movies on HBO Max!
Apple Cranberry "A Christmas Carol" Themed Pie
Ingredients
Dough
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, cubed and frozen
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 9-11 tbsp ice water
Filling
- 3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 cup cranberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 egg yolk + 1 tsp water (for wash)
Instructions
- Combine flour, butter, shortening, salt in a food processor. Pour in water until dough comes together. Wrap it in plastic wrap and place into the refrigerator until ready to use for at least 1/2 an hour or overnight. Roll out 1/3 of the dough into a circle. Lay it in a 9 inch pie dish. Combine ingredients for the apple cranberry filling. Pour filling on top of rolled dough. Divide the remaining dough in half and roll one half out and place on top of the pie. Mash down on the edges of the pie dish to seal. Cut around the dish to cut off excess dough.Roll out remaining dough. Draw out a 5-6 inch top hat and a band the same width on paper and cut them out. Place the paper hat on top of the rolled dough. Use an exacto knife to cut out the hat shape. Do the same for the hat band. Mix the egg yolk with 1 teaspoon of water. Brush it over the area that the hat will go. Lay the hat and band on top of the pie. Draw out an old fashioned candle on the paper and cut it out. Place it on the dough as well and cut out the shape. Lay the candle on the side of the hat.Use holly cookie plungers to make holly shapes and add to the pie. Use letter cutters to spell out “A Christmas Carol” and place them on the pie using the egg wash as "glue." For the pines, take a small piece of dough and roll it with your hands until it’s long shaped. Place it down and cut slits with a knife up and down the dough to make pine needles or a feather look. Make 6-10 and place them all around the perimeter of the pie. Use a pine cone mold to make pie cone shapes. Pinch tiny pieces of dough to make little balls for “berries”. Add all of these elements to the pie. Use a pastry brush to "paint" the remaining egg wash all around the perimeter of the pie. Brush the whole pie with the egg wash when done. Bake in a 375 degree oven for an hour or until Crust is browned. Cool on a wire rack
