School Cafeteria Cranberry Crunch 1940s Recipes

SCHOOL CAFETERIA CRANBERRY CRUNCH (1940S)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. Mix oats, flour, and brown sugar.
• 3. Cut in butter until crumbly.
• 4. Put half of mixture into prepared baking dish.
• 5. Cover with cranberry sauce. Top with remaining crumb mixture.
• 6. Bake for 40 minutes. Serve warm with pouring cream, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

THE SIMPLEST CRANBERRY-APPLE CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• Put the cranberries and apples in a large mixing bowl; stir to combine.
• Stir in the sugar, lemon juice, and flour; set aside for 10 minutes.
• Scrape the filling into the chilled pie crust; smooth the top with your hands.
• Place pie on the center rack of a 400° oven; bake for 30 minutes.
• While the pie is baking, make the topping--in a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and cinnamon; add in the butter and rub it into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Take the pie out of the oven and lower oven temperature to 375°.
• Sprinkle the crumb topping over the filling and press gently to compact.
• Return pie to oven--rotate pie so that the part that faced the back of the oven now faces the front (put a foil-lined baking sheet onto the rack below to catch any spills).
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the juices bubble thickly aroung the edge.
• Put pie on a wire rack to cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

CRANBERRY CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix oats, flour and brown sugar in large bowl.
• Cut in 1/2 cup butter using fork until crumbly.
• Pat 1/2 mixture in bottom of 9x9 square pan that has been greased.
• I use cooking spray.
• Cover with cranberry sauce that has been broken into small pieces.
• Cover cranberry sauce with remaining oats mixture.
• Bake@ 350 degrees for 45.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.