It seems to be a pie season at my house. I am sitting here eating a creamy slice of pumpkin pie that my daughter brought over, she is a really good pie maker and she makes a bourbon pumpkin pie that’s ooh, so good. However, earlier today I made an Apple-Cranberry Galette and that is sitting here ready to be eaten too. Oh, woe is me I have lots of desserts to eat.

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It’s been a while since I made a galette and with apples and cranberries in season this is a perfect time to use two of my favorite fruits, I love the sweetness of the apples paired with the tart cranberries. Try baking with this delicious fruit duo and make some tasty cakes, bread, or scones, and if you don’t want to bake try an apple cranberry salad or add to your oatmeal.

Ingredients

Store-bought pie dough
Or you can make your own dough with flour, butter, shortening, salt
Apples
Cranberries
Sugar
Cinnamon
Lemon juice
Butter

What is a galette?

I am a true pie lover, but making galettes is really so much easier to make than a pie.

A true galette is a French pastry that is flat and made with bread dough or pastry dough. For those of you that don’t like all the rolling and fitting a pie dough into a dish, you should try making a galette. You simply roll pastry dough into a round, add your filling, then fold the edges in and bake. So much easier than pie.

With the simplicity of this galette, you can quickly make this rustic dessert, and unlike a pie that needs to sit for a while, you can slice your galette almost immediately. That means you get a warm slice of pastry-fruity goodness quicker.

How to make a galette with apples and cranberries

Make your pastry dough and roll the dough into a large circle. My dough recipe is for a double-crust pie so I always have plenty of dough for rolling. Then cut the dough into a 12″ round circle. To make rolling dough easy I love using a pastry cloth and a french rolling pin.

rolled pie dough and cutting into a circle

Slice the apples thin and mix with sugar and cinnamon, then start placing the apples in a round circle on the pie dough leaving at least an inch border. Fold up the dough around the apples then sprinkle the cranberries on top and into the little nooks and crannies.

Almost done, you just have to dot the top of the apples with butter. This helps make the sweet filling.

apple cranberry galette with butter on top

Tips on making pie dough

Having problems with your pie dough? Here is a good tip, get everything cold, the colder the better. Here’s what I do before making the pie dough. I take my butter from the fridge, cut it up into small cubes, and put the cubes into the freezer. Next, I measure out the shortening and put that into the freezer in the measuring cup. On warm days I will even put my bowl with the flour into the freezer to get it cold. You don’t want the butter or shortening to be melty, you’ll have a mess on your hands.

For other tips on pie dough make sure to check out How to Make A Flaky Pie Crust.

And for those times you have left-over pie dough you can make my favorite treats, Jelly Roll Pie Tarts.

Galettes are Easy to Make

There are so many reasons I love making and eating galettes. They don’t need a lot of fruit. I just used two apples, after all, we are not making a pie that is piled high with fruit. You can use any type of fruit you want, so during the summer try using peaches, cherries or raspberries. Mix the fruit with sugar and maybe a bit of lemon juice and dot with butter and that will make a luscious filling.

~the crust is buttery and flaky and the fruit is tender and so flavorful ~

This galette is a delicious rustic dessert with just a bit of decadence. I’ve been waiting to have a slice with a cup of my favorite Monkey Picked oolong tea. The buttery floral taste of this tea pair so well with the buttery crust and the sweet apples of the galette.

Did I mention ice cream? I just happen to have some cinnamon ice cream to go with this galette. This is dessert perfection.

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Cat | Curly's Cooking

December 17, 2018 at 1:38 pm