Apple-Cherry Slab Pie

Ingredients

• 8 cups cooking apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (about 2 2/3 pounds)

• 2/3 cup pitted tart cherries (fresh or thawed)

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 17.3oz pkg frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed

• Milk, for brushing

• Coarse sugar, for sprinkling

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 1/2 tsp vanilla

• dash salt

• 4 to 5 tsp milk

Recommended Apple - Shizuka or Mutsu

Also good - Braeburn, Cortland, Empire, Granny Smith, Spigold

Instructions  

1. Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease a 15x10 inch baking pan. For filling, in a bowl stir together apples, cherries, granulated sugar, flour, and cinnamon.

2. On a lightly floured surface, unfold one sheet of pastry. Roll pastry into a 15x10 inch rectangle. Transfer to the prepared baking pan. Spread filing over pastry to within 1 inch of edges.

3. Unfold the remaining sheet of pastry; roll into a 16x11 inch rectangle. Place pastry on top of filling. Moisten edges of bottom pastry with milk. Fold bottom pastry over top pastry; gently press edges to seal. Using a sharp knife, cut slits in pastry. Brush lightly with milk and sprinkle with coarse sugar.

4. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until filling is bubbly and pastry is puffed and golden. If needed to prevent overbrowning, cover pan loosely with foil the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking.

5. For icing, stir together powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt. Stir in enough milk to reach drizzling consistency. Drizzle icing over warm pie. Cool on a wire rack.