# I have apricots and apples, and pie crust. Ideas?
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 16, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570 "2004-02-16T23:05:24Z")
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### Author:  [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/1 "2004-02-16T23:05:24Z")
I’ve never made a pie in my life, so I’m clueless. But I have a big bag of canned, drained apricot halves, and another big bag (I’m talking about a gallon bag, at least half-full, of each) of sliced raw apples. I also have one refrigerated pie crust, the kind that is a big circle of dough.
I figure anything baked with cinnamon and sugar would be nice, but I don’t know if I have to add some kind of liquid of something…
Thanks!
Best,
karol
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/2 "2004-02-16T23:37:46Z")
Ooooh!
When come back, bake pie!
Sorry…
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/3 "2004-02-16T23:39:26Z")
The apples will give off plenty of liquid by themselves. Melt brown sugar in a pan, add cinnamon (and a few crushed cloves if they’re handy), mix the apples in and cook gently for a few minutes, then put in a pie dish. Not sure about the pastry you describe, though.
I guess apricots will work well with the apples - just stir them in as they go in the pie dish.
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### Author:  [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/4 "2004-02-16T23:45:46Z")
Don’t add any liquid to the pie filling, other than a squeeze of lemon juice. As the fruit cooks and breaks down, sufficient liquid will be produced; therefore, a thickener is desirable. All-purpose flour gives a cloudier filling than cornstarch. Check a basic cookery or baking book, you’ll get all the info you need. Just don’t make an apricot/apple pie, PLEASE! Either one made into a pie will be lip-smacking. Putting them together robs you of the true delight of the two delicious, but undeniably different, fruits. You can make deep-dish pies with just a top crust, very easy and much less nerve-wracking. Don’t forget the vanilla ice cream.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/5 "2004-02-17T00:11:00Z")
I just ate a piece of pie I made with no more materials than you have. Put some sugar on the fruit (I had blueberries, which just turned into a goopy gel) and they’ll get nice and soft about the time the crust gets brown. Liquid will will make the crust soggy. Best of luck.
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-apricots-and-apples-and-pie-crust-ideas/229570/6 "2004-02-17T05:48:55Z")
I think this could lead to a particularly delicious and new type of pie, the combination of apples and apricots lead me to an extra ingredient. I think you could make a delicious and unique pie with the addition of cranberries. I suggest you simmer the dried apricots and some fresh or dried cranberries together with sugar, water, and a touch of Grand Marnier/Cointreau or, alternately, some cider or apple juice along with a bit of cinammon (a very tiny touch of cloves, might work well, also.). Simmer until the cranberries and apricots are softened and the cooking liquid is reduced to a syrup and combine the apricot-cranberry mixture with the seperately sugared and cinnamoned apples (Use a little less sugar than normal in sprinkling the apples due to the sugar in the apricot cranberry mixture- you could also sprinkle the apples at this point with a little flour, cornstarch ,or tapioca for a thicker filling.). Let apple/apricot/cranberry filling cool, fill crust and lay on a top crust. Bake as a normal apple pie.
I suggest proportions of 3 parts apples:1 part apricots:1 part cranberries.
Although I’ve never tried this, it seems like a perfect wintery pie (very Christmassy).