Recipe courtesy of Carol Socier

Granddaughter's Fruit Pie

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Cook: 1 hr
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Ingredients

Crust:

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 cup shortening

5 tablespoons fruit juice, from pineapple or oranges in filling

Filling:

1 (15-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, juice reserved

1 (15-ounce) can mandarin oranges, juice reserved

1 (20-ounce) can cherry pie filling

1 (14-ounce) can whole cranberry sauce

1/2 cup sugar

4 tablespoons cooking tapioca

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 teaspoons margarine

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. For the crust: Place flour and sugar in bowl, cut in shortening. Add fruit juice. Mix until dough forms a ball. Add more juice if necessary. Divide ball into 2 pieces and roll out.
  3. For the filling: Combine pineapple, oranges, cherry pie filling, cranberry sauce, sugar, tapioca, cinnamon and lemon juice. Line a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with half of the rolled out pastry. Add filling, dot with margarine and top with other half of pastry. Make several slits in top crust. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven. Mix together the powdered sugar and lemon and brush glaze on the pie.

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Nancy M.

We've been making this for a few years now, it's always a big hit. The fruit, surprisingly, goes really good together.

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