Caramel Crunch Apple Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Place the apples in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a heavy saucepan, melt 25 caramels with 2 tablespoons milk, stirring often; drizzle over apples. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, walnuts, salt and cinnamon; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apples. , Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, melt remaining caramels with remaining milk, stirring often until smooth. Drizzle over dessert and ice cream if desired.

Steps:

• Combine flour, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon; spread into an ungreased 8-in. square baking pan.
• Bake at 400 F for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool; crumble and set aside. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss with apples.
• Place apples in pie shell.
• Cut a circle of foil to cover apples but not the edge of pastry; place over pie. Bake at 425 F for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 375 F; bake for 35 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with milk , stirring frequently.
• Remove foil from pie. Pour caramel mixture over apples.
• Sprinkle with topping; return to the oven for 5 minutes.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate while preparing filling., In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. Mix pecans, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch; add to apples and toss to combine., Spread caramel topping onto bottom of crust. Fill with apple mixture. Drizzle with butter. , For streusel topping, mix flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly; stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling., Bake on a lower oven rack until filling is bubbly, 65-75 minutes. Drizzle with caramel topping. Cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream and additional caramel topping.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Prepare crust in 9-inch pie plate as directed on package for one-crust filled pie.
• Microwave caramels and water in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 to 3 min. or until caramels are melted, stirring every minute. Arrange apples in crust; top with caramel sauce.
• Mix flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts; sprinkle over apples.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until apples are tender.

Steps:

• Directions for Crumb Topping: Stir together brown sugar,flour, rolled oats.
• Cut in 1/2 cup butter until topping is like course crumbs.
• Set aside.
• Directions: In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.
• Add apple slices and gently toss until coated.
• Transfer apple mixture to the pie shell Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture.
• Place pie on a cookie sheet so the drippings don't drop into your oven.
• Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 25 minutes.
• Then remove foil and put back in for another 25 to 30 minutes without foil.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• To make the topping, combine the oats, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour, slivered almonds, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside.
• Roll out the pie dough into a circle and transfer it to a 9-inch pie plate. Trim the pastry and crimp the edge. Toss the apples with the lemon juice in a bowl to prevent browning. Combine the 1 tablespoon flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 2 teaspoons cinnamon; toss with the apples to coat. Drizzle 1/4 cup of caramel sauce over the bottom of the pie shell. Add the spiced apple mixture; drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup of caramel sauce. Sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the apples.
• Bake the pie in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes, or until the apples are tender and the crust is browned.

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine the apples, and 2 Tbsp flour, tossing to coat the apples; spoon into the thawed (unbaked) pie shell.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the caramels and water over medium heat, stirring until the caramels melt, and the mixture is smooth.
• Spoon the caramel mixture evenly over the apples in the pie crust.
• In a medium bowl, combine the remaining 2/3 cup flour, the sugar, cinnamon and butter, stirring until crumbly.
• Add in the walnuts; mix well.
• Sprinkle over the pie and place the pie plate on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the apples are tender.
• Serve warm, or allow to cool completely before serving.

Steps:

• Use foil on bottom of oven rather than a cookie sheet under pie pan.
• Prepare pastry for single-crust pie.
• Place in pie plate and trim and crimp the edge; refrigerate 30 minute loosely covered with plastic wrap.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt.
• Add apple slices and gently toss until they are coated well.
• Transfer mixture to pie.
• FOR CRUMB TOPPING: Stir together brown sugar, flour, and oats.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until topping resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle over apple mixture in pie.
• To prevent over-browning while baking, cover edge of pie with foil.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake 25 to 30 minutes more, or until top is golden.
• Remove from oven.
• Cool on wire rack about an hour and serve!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Prepare the crumb topping first by combining the sugar flour and rolled oats in a bowl.
• Cut in the 1/2 cup of butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
• For the pie, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Add apple slices and toss gently until coated.
• Transfer the apple mixture to the pie shell.
• (If using a store bought pie shell, remove it from the aluminum pie plate and transfer it to a 9" pie plate of your own-- it looks better!) Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture.
• Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 25 minutes, then remove foil and bake another 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with chopped pecans and drizzle with caramel sauce.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Can be served warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Divide dough into 2 portions so that 1 is slightly larger than the other; wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Roll out larger portion of dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper into a 18x13-in. rectangle. Remove top sheet of waxed paper; place a 15x10x1-in. baking pan upside down over crust. Lifting with waxed paper, carefully invert crust into pan. Remove waxed paper; press crust onto bottom and up sides of pan. Allow to chill while preparing filling. , In a Dutch oven, mix sugar and flour; stir in apples, cranberries, orange zest and spices. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10-12 minutes or until apples are tender and juices are thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in raspberries. Set aside to cool completely. , Preheat oven to 375°. Add filling to prepared crust., On a well-floured surface, roll remaining dough into a 1/8-in.-thick rectangle; cut into 1-1/2-in.-wide strips. Arrange strips over filling, sealing ends to bottom crust. If desired, brush crust with egg wash; sprinkle with additional sugar or coarse sugar., Bake on lowest oven rack 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream.