Should you chop cranberries before baking?

If your cranberries are on the larger size, we'd cut them in half or quarters before baking . Toss them with a little flour so they won't sink in the batter, too!

Is cranberry pie popular?

Looking at the number of states won—the electoral college of pies, one could say— cranberry pie is actually America's leading Thanksgiving pie , at least according to Instagram.

How long to soak cranberries before baking?

Rehydrate the fruits: Dried fruits can be quite hard and dry, so it's often a good idea to rehydrate them before adding them to your baked goods. To do this, simply soak the dried fruits in warm water or fruit juice for 15-20 minutes until they are plump and tender.

Why should cranberries not be eaten raw?

Is it safe to eat cranberries raw? Cranberries are generally considered safe whether they are cooked or raw. However, because of their notoriously bitter, sharp taste , most people prefer not to eat them raw or unsweetened. This bitterness is due to the high tannin content of cranberries.

What is the number 1 pie in America?

Apple pie is arguably one of the most popular pie flavors. A symbol of America, the apple pie was actually invented by the British. Apple pie is simply made with sliced apples on double-crusted pastry dough.

What is the number one favorite pie in the USA?

The clear winner for the United States as a whole was (not surprisingly) apple pie with more than 27% of sales going to the traditional flavor.

How to soften cranberries for baking?

This is very simple, and works on any kind of dried fruit. Put your dried fruit in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Let it steep for 10 to 15 minutes, and then strain the fruit and discard the water . The fruit will be plumper, juicier, and softer.

Should dried cranberries be soaked before baking?

Don't Skip This Step if You're Cooking or Baking With Dried Cranberries | Livestrong.com. To rehydrate dried cranberries for baking recipes, simply soak them in hot water, juice or other liquid. You don't need to soak dried cranberries overnight.

Is it better to bake with fresh or frozen cranberries?

If cooking your berries into a pie filling, you may need to add additional thickening agents because frozen berries tend to release more liquid than fresh and will lead to a runnier consistency. For best results in your baking, don't defrost the berries before use but instead toss them in flour .

Creamy Cranberry Pie Recipe - WonkyWonderful (2024)

March 14, 2014 By Nicole Harris 34 Comments

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This Creamy Cranberry Pie Recipe is simple and delicious. Flaky pie crust filled with tart cranberries and a Greek yogurt mixture. Top a slice with whipped cream and a generous dusting of powdered sugar for the perfect sweet tart combo!

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Thanksgiving Pie Recipe

What!?! Who says you can only enjoy cranberries on Thanksgiving?

This pie is great year round because it uses frozen cranberries. You can find frozen cranberries in the frozen fruit section of your grocery store. I always buy several bags of fresh cranberries after the holidays and freeze them. {I love a good sale!}

If I haven’t talked you into trying a creamy cranberry dessert yet with my other recipes: Cranberry Ice Cream, or my Cranberry Smoothie.

Now is the time to try this Creamy Cranberry Pie Recipe! {I’m going to talk you into it sooner or later}

I’m joining a group of amazing bloggers to celebrate PI Day. I don’t know . . . something to do with math. Me celebrating anything math related is pretty ridiculous because math is at the very bottom of my skill set.

I was the kid that had all A’s and one D- . . . in Math. And that is because my teachers were being nice enough not to flunk me.

I found algebra to be completely aggravating and swore it was totally useless. Ahem teachers, I’m still waiting for that moment in life that algebra will be needed. It hasn’t happened yet.

Enough about my dislike of math. This is a celebration. For Pie!

Scroll down to the bottom of this post to check out all of the other Awesome Pie Recipes!

Creamy Cranberry Pie

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

This Creamy Cranberry Pie Recipe is simple and delicious. Flaky pie crust filled with tart cranberries and a Greek yogurt mixture. Top a slice with whipped cream and a generous dusting of powdered sugar for the perfect sweet tart combo!

Ingredients

1 Refrigerated Pie Crust, I used Pillsbury
18 oz Frozen Cranberries
1 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
1 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Flour
1/8 tsp Salt

Toppings

Whipped Cream
Powdered Sugar
or Vanilla Ice Cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F
Line a 9 inch pie plate with the single pie crust.
Bake pie crust for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
While pie crust is cooling, allow frozen cranberries to thaw 15-20 minutes.
Heat oven to 350°
Mix together the Greek yogurt, sugar, flour and salt. Add the semi-thawed cranberries and stir.
Transfer filling to pie crust and spread evenly.
Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour.
Remove foil and continue baking for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool for 2 hours.
Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and a generous dusting of powdered sugar.
Or top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition Information

Yield 10Serving Size 1
Amount Per ServingCalories 279Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 7mgSodium 120mgCarbohydrates 53gFiber 3gSugar 38gProtein 4g

Nutritional information on WonkyWonderful is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.

This pie does have that extra tartness, especially when you bite into a whole cranberry. I personally love anything tart and tangy. If you like sweet with just a hint of tart, go extra heavy on the powdered sugar topping.

The tart cranberries, creamy filling, dollop of whipped cream and snow storm of powdered sugar on top . . . Pie Perfection.

Recipe inspired by Better Homes & Gardens

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Milky Way Ice Cream Brownie Pie

Black Forest Cream Pie

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Martha @ A Family Feast says
March 14, 2014 at

What a gorgeous pie Nicole! Looks fantastic! PINNED!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Martha! I appreciate it!
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Heather @ French Press says
March 14, 2014 at

what a gorgeous pie Nicole! love the idea for a creamy fruit filling
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Heather! The creamy cranberries taste unbelievable!
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ang says
March 14, 2014 at

Um, ahMAZing! Your photos are so awesome Nicole! That pie looks so delicious!
I’m stopping by from the from Pi Day Party and pinning this to my PIE board too 🙂
Happy Friday!
Ang
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Ang!
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Auntiepatch says
March 14, 2014 at

Oh, my! Yum!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  haha, I’m glad you like it! I will definitely be making this pie again … and again … and again!
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Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
March 14, 2014 at

Algebra, pfffft. It’s geometry that’s important. Algebra is boring, well, if you’re not me. 🙂
LOVE this pie – it’s so pretty!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Yes, geometry I have actually used in real life. Thanks Dorothy! If you approve of this pie then it must be legit 🙂
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Hezzi-D says
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March 14, 2014 at

Cranberries and Greek yougurt sound really good in a pie!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  I am obsessed with cranberries and creamy yogurt!
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Heide M. says
March 14, 2014 at

Sounds wonderful, interesting and tasty. I’ll have to try it.
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Heide! I hope you enjoy as much as I did 🙂
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Kathleen @ Fearlessly Creative Mammas says
March 14, 2014 at

This is such a beautiful pie! My mom loves cranberries. I bet she would love this pie.
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Oh, she will LOVE this pie!
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Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
March 15, 2014 at

Oh, I love how simple this is! And the Greek yogurt?? Genius! 🙂 I kind of want to save this one for Thanksgiving next year. Yeah, I know you can have cranberries all year long, but this just looks like it would be gorgeous on my Thanksgiving table. 😉
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Carrie! I will definitely be making this pie for Thanksgiving! I can’t wait to try this pie with different types of fruit. Maybe some fresh strawberries from the farmer’s market this summer!
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mandy says
March 15, 2014 at

I’m heading out to the grocery store to pick up a few things
Needed to make this yummy cranberry pie. I so love cranberries and finding good and most importantly easy recipes using them make me super happy! Thanks Nicole for another great recipe. Btw …cranberries are great health food…lots of great benefits for us. Yay..can’t wait to taste this later today after its made 🙂
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 16, 2014 at
  
  Hi Mandy! I hope you enjoyed the pie as mush as I did. Well, actually I only got one piece because this pie disappeared very quickly. It was a big hit at my house!
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Lisa | Je suis alimentageuse says
March 16, 2014 at

Mmm greek yogurt in pie? The creaminess sounds like a great way to contrast the tart flavour of the cranberries =) Beautiful photos as always, Nicole =)
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 18, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Lisa!
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Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
March 17, 2014 at

I LOOOOOOVE that you used greek yogurt in this pie!! I want a slice sooooo bad!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 18, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Elizabeth! I am a Greek yogurt addict. I add it to anything I can 😀
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Lauren Mitchell says
March 17, 2014 at

This looks delicious!! Pinning 🙂
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 18, 2014 at
  
  Thanks Lauren 😀
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Sommer @ASpicyPerspective says
March 24, 2014 at

I am having pie love! Your pie looks so very delish! It is a must try for sure!
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- Nicole Harris says
  March 24, 2014 at
  
  Haha, Thanks Sommer!This is my new favorite pie. Of course, I basically LOVE anything with cranberries 🙂
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Doris says
November 1, 2014 at

Hello–your creamy cranberry pie looks so good–couple questions..can this be made with fresh cranberries or are frozen/thawed ones what helps . along with the Greek yogurt, give the pie its’ zing???? Also, could this be made without a crust or in a graham cracker crust ?? we are not fans of pie crust…thanks so much !! this pie will be on our table at Thanksgiving ..and probably before …
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- Nicole Harris says
  November 4, 2014 at
  
  Hi Doris! I have only made this with frozen cranberries. I imagine fresh will work too, maybe with a little less cooking time. As far as the graham cracker crust. I’m not sure that will work because this pie does have to be baked for awhile. Maybe some sort of crumble topping? Enjoy!
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A says
November 18, 2014 at

Did anyone try it with the fresh cranberries? If so, what modifications were needed? This looks delicious! I just really want to use fresh. Thanks!
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- Nicole Harris says
  November 18, 2014 at
  
  Sorry, I have only made this recipe using frozen cranberries. I would imagine that the fresh cranberries would take a bit less baking time. But I can’t be 100% positive that there are no other changes necessary. Hopefully a reader makes this with fresh cranberries and reports back.
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Pamela Thompson says
December 4, 2015 at

This was a HUGE hit at our Thanksgiving Day event. It was delicious. I did use fresh cranberries and they worked out perfectly. I realize this is a year later than someone was asking about using fresh vs. frozen cranberries. But I just found your website and I was thrilled to stumble onto it – your recipes look divine. What beautiful photography:-) Thank you for sharing!!!
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- Nicole Harris says
  December 9, 2015 at
  
  Thank you so much for coming back and sharing your experience. I’m glad to know that fresh cranberries work as well. 🙂
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