This easy-to-make rustic Apple Cranberry Galette is a delicious fall favorite dessert with a buttery flaky crust filled with fresh apple slices and tart cranberries. No pie dish is required for this free-form pie.
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Want a simpler alternative to apple pie? Let me tell you, galettes are the way to go. They're easier to make yet still deliver fruity goodness and a flaky crust.
And, when apples and cranberries are in season, say hello to a favorite fall dessert.
You can also use this delicious fruit duo to make cakes, bread, or scones. If you don't want to bake, try an Apple Cranberry Salad, Apple Cranberry Baked Oatmeal, or this creamy Apple Cranberry Oatmeal.
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Gather your ingredients
- Store-bought pie dough
- Or you can make your own with this Flaky Pie Dough Recipe.
- Apples - I used pink lady apples for this recipe, but Fuji and Gala will also work.
- Cranberries - you can use fresh or frozen
- Granulated Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Lemon juice
- Butter
What is a galette?
I am a true pie lover, but making galettes is 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 who don't like all the rolling and fitting pie dough into a pie pan, you should try making a galette. Roll pastry dough into a circle, 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 tart, 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 An Apple Cranberry Galette
Step 1. 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.
Step 2. Next, cut the dough into a 12" circle. To make rolling dough easy, I love using a muslin pastry cloth and a French rolling pin.
Important - at this time you need to transfer the dough to a baking sheet.
Step 3. Core the apples and cut them into thin slices, then add them to a medium mixing bowl. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon, and combine to coat.
Step 4. Start placing the apples in a round circle on the pie dough, leaving at least an inch border.
Step. 5. Fold the dough around the apples, then sprinkle the cranberries on top and into the little nooks and crannies.
Step 6. Almost done; you just have to dot the top of the apples with cold pieces of butter.
Step 7. Bake the galette in a 400-degree F. oven for 45 minutes. And here it is, the most delicious apple galette with tender, sweet, cinnamon-spiced apples and ruby cranberries all nestled in a golden brown crust. YUM!
Tips on making pie dough
- Get everything cold; the colder, the better.
- Cut the butter into small cubes and put them in the freezer.
- If you are using shortening, put that in a measuring cup and put that in the freezer too.
- On really hot days, you can even chill the flour to get it cold.
- You don't want the butter or shortening to be melty; you want to see pieces of the fat in the dough.
- 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 treat, Jelly Roll Pie Tarts. It's worth having leftover dough just to have these 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 fruit you want, so during the summer, try peaches, cherries, or raspberries. Mix the fruit with sugar and maybe a bit of lemon juice and dot with butter, which will make a luscious filling.
Apple recipes to make
Serve these Apple Cream Scones warm from the oven, and then be prepared moist and tender apple-studded pastries that can be made and baked in under an hour.
Roll out the pie dough and cut into 6" circles. Place the circles on a baking sheet add the apple filling, and bake.
The best way is to brush the bottom of the unbaked dough with a beaten egg white before adding the filling.
You can make the pie dough several days ahead, but a galette is best served the day it's made.
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~the crust is buttery and flaky and the fruit is tender and so flavorful ~
Recipe
Apple-Cranberry Galette
Equipment
Ingredients
Flaky Pie Dough
- 2 ½ cups AP flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, cubed and cold
- ½ cup cold vegetable shortening
- 6-7 tablespoons ice water
Apple-Cranberry Filling
- 2 apples, cored and sliced thin
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- ½ cup cranberries
- 1 tablespoons butter, small cubes
Instructions
Making the Pie Dough
- In a large bowl mix the flour and salt.
- Add the cold cubed butter and shortening to the flour mixture. With a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until the butter is pea size.
- Start adding the water one tablespoon at a time and mix with a fork until the dough forms a ball.
- On a floured surface, turn out the dough and form into a disk. Lightly flour and roll the dough into a large circle about 12 inches. There is plenty of pastry dough to roll, so I roll a large circle then cut a perfectly round circle using a large bowl about 15 inches. This dough can also just be free-form.
- Transfer the dough circle to a baking sheet lined with parchment.
Preparing the Apples and Making the Galette
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. and prepare a baking sheet with parchment.
- Core and thinly slice the apples.
- Place the apples in a bowl and add the sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Toss to coat
- Start placing the apples in a circle on the pastry dough, overlapping the slices until you reach the center. Leave at least an inch on the edge to roll up the dough.
- Roll up the dough around the apples, pleating as you go.
- Scatter the cranberries over the apples and then dot with butter.
- Bake in a 400 degree F. oven for about 45 minutes until the crust is golden and the apples are tender.
Notes
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Nutrition
First published: Nov 21, 2020, Last updated: Oct. 22, 2022, for better readability.
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From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending. Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.
Renu
This looks so tempting. I love baking with apples and currently have loads of them , and never baked a galette, so now I am sure to make this one. Looks delicious, specially the single serve piece has my name on it.
Krista Price
Lol, woe is you! 😉 This looks lovely. A good, flavorful flaky crust is key -and this crust covers all of the bases. I would totally serve this as the main course at a brunch event. I know everyone would love it! 🙂
Mandy
I love galettes - they always look so pretty and the combo of apple and cranberry sounds perfect.
April
That is a tough choice - between the apple-cranberry galette and the bourbon pumpkin pie. I wouldn't want to be in your place because I would have to eat it all! 🙂 This one (apple-cranberry galette) is one of my favorite though!
Jere Cassidy
I did eat both pies, couldn't help myself.
Amanda
I love all the holiday flavors you having going on here! I'm a sucker for festive desserts, and this looks like the perfect way to end Christmas dinner.
Kelly Anthony
This apple cranberry galette is beautiful and perfect for upcoming holiday parties. Your pie dough tips are very helpful as well.
Chef Mireille
what a beautiful tart using seasonal flavors. Lovely addition to any holiday table. This is perfect for my New Years Brunch
Jacqueline Debono
I also love galettes because they are so easy to make and delicious too. I have never used cranberries with apples. Need to try that it sounds so yummy!
Jere Cassidy
Cranberries and apples are my favorite pairing. I love the sweet and tart flavors.
Linda
I love having a slice of this galette with vanilla ice cream, but I'll take it with a cup of tea too. And that crust looks so good!
Michelle Minnaar
The crust looks so flaky, I just love what you have done with the pie!
Jere Cassidy
Thanks so much for the kind comments. This recipe makes a flaky crust all the time.
Alicia
I haven't made a Galette in years, will have to change that soon! The secret is definitely in the pastry! Looks delicious.
Anna Hettick
Ok I've never made a galette but I LOVE the rustic look to them over a sculpted perfect pie crust! (Though don't get me wrong, those are gorgeous too!)
Jere Cassidy
I love to bake pies, but I must say a galette is so quick and easy.
Nicole Triebe
These are stunning and sound just as delicious! I need one on my holiday table!
Gloria
I love rustic desserts like this. Perfect to whip up anytime you need to. Great to take along to a dinner party too. Also, I would serve this for brunch....perfect with a cup of coffee.
Stine Mari
This looks so tasty. The combination of sweet apples and tart cranberries are the best. And I love how you added dollops of butter on top before baking, I imagine that is delicious!