Holiday Goodness- For Thanksgiving

OK PEOPLE please get your taste buds going!!

New holiday, feel good, Goodness:

I wanted to make something tasty but still holiday-ish. So I went with an apple something. It's more like an apple, cranberry, pecan something!! This can either be pie filling or Ice Cream topping!

Start your engines!!

Apples: any sort, I went with Gala, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith. You can either do 2 each or 1 each but determine how much you want to make. Two pie fillings will be 2 of each. I did the 2 each but used the rest as a pie filling. Next time I will do 1 each just for dessert topping.
Lemon juice on apples to keep from browning and for flavour.

Cinnamon
Dash of ground Clove
Apple pie Spice- at the grocery store it's a premixed mix of Allspice, Nutmeg, and Cinnamon, Sometimes it's cheaper than buying them individually. UNLESS you're at Savory Spice in South End and but them separately in small increments- I totally endorse this if this works for you.
Light Brown Sugar
White Sugar
UN-Salted Butter (8 TBSP- one stick)
Dried Cranberry or Craisens
Red Wine- Shiraz
Chopped Pecans (optional if have allergies)

Cut apples into slices and then the slices into half. Put into large skillet.
Turn on heat to get juices/sugars going
Add 2 TBSP Lemon Juice onto apples
In a separate bowl start with 1/3 c. brown sugar, 1/3 c. White sugar, 1 TBSP Cinnamon, 1 TSP Apple Pie Spice. When I spice things I do it by smell and since this recipe is super new as of Today then I eye balled it. So make it smell like the right combination  FOR YOU!


When you have dry items mixed together, pour into apples and mix in Cranberries and Pecans.Keep an eye on skillet while mixing so that sugars don't completely caramelize and stick to bottom. You want everything to cook down and get soft, it should smell like a holiday. Cut butter into slices of 1 TBSP each and add into skillet to melt as you stir. **if you get nervous about apple mixture not having enough liquid and it'll burn, you can use a splash of apple juice to help with that.**
The very last steps are to add a 1/4 cup of Shiraz and that Dash of Clove. Mix and simmer for another minute or so.Make sure that the liquid become sort of saucy before you pour into something else or onto ice cream.

Here's where you get to decide what you want to do with the Apple Goodness. You can either put it in a pie crust and bake as you would a normal apple pie with or without a topper crust  OR you can use it as an ice cream topping ( I totally suggest this option as well)!!

MMMMM Super Scrumptious!!!
**** I got my ground Clove from Savory Spice at SouthEnd, Charlotte, NC

 As a Ice Cream Topping

As a pie ( forgive my slightly burnt apple tips- But I trust you get the idea