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Combine the cranberries, three-fourths cup sugar, apple juice, one-half teaspoon cinnamon and cloves in a heavy saucepan.
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Bring to a simmer and cook over medium heat about 15 minutes, until the mixture becomes thick like a jam.
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Remove from heat and set aside.
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Combine the walnuts, flour, cocoa, remaining one-fourth cup sugar, salt and remaining one-half teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl or a food processor.
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Add the butter, cut it in by hand or pulse it briefly in the food processor.
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Add the egg and water, mixing lightly to form a dough or, in a food processor, add the egg and water through the feed tube with the processor running.
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Gather the dough together and divide it into two parts, one slightly larger than the other.
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Pat the larger part into a flattened circle and transfer it to an 8- or 9-inch round cake pan with a removable bottom.
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Pat the dough evenly into the pan to cover the bottoms and sides up to about one-and-a-half inches high.
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Spread the cranberry jam into the pastry shell.
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Roll or pat the remaining dough into a rectangle about 8 by 5 inches.
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Slice it into about eight strips one-half-inch wide and arrange them over the cranberry filling in a lattice pattern, pressing the ends of the strips into the rim of the dough.
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Press a pattern into the rim of the dough with the tines of a fork.
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Bake for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake about 25 minutes longer, until the dough is lightly browned and the filling is bubbly.
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Allow to cool, then dust with sifted confectioners' sugar before serving.
