Sometimes you get an idea in your head that you just need to make a reality. This was one of those times. I already had alphabet cookie cutters from another project and a good slab pie recipe . I didn't have any leaf cookie cutters, but those were easy enough to freehand cut out of the dough. For the filling I used up fruits that had been accumulating from my Boston Organics deliveries and ended up using 3 pears, 2 apples, and 4 oz. of cranberries, which I think ended up being about 5-6 cups of chopped fruit. I liked how the cranberries added a little tartness and color to the otherwise simply sweet filling. (If you want to add more than 4 oz. of cranberries, I would also up the amount of sugar to account for the additional tartness.) I cheated a little and didn't make a bottom crust, but in the end I think that was a good call because it saved a lot of time and aggravation and really, no one likes the soggy bottom crust right? That meant I coul...
