Caramel Crunch Pecan Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cook caramels, water, butter and bourbon in medium saucepan on medium heat 8 min. or until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat.
• Spread nuts onto bottom of pie crust. Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla in medium bowl until blended. Gradually stir in caramel mixture; pour over nuts.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Refrigerate 2 hours.

Steps:

• 1. For toffee: Grease a jellyroll pan with butter flavor shortening.
• 2. Combine brown sugar, salt, butter, boiling water and vinegar in large saucepan.
• 3. Stir until well blended.
• 4. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• 5. Cover and boil 2 to 3 minutes.
• 6. Uncover and brush brown sugar crystals with wet pastry brush.
• 7. Boil slowly wothout stirring until mixture reaches hard-crack stage, 295 to 310 degrees on candy thermometer.
• 8. Stir gently without touching sides of saucepan.
• 9. Pour into pan, spreading if necessary.
• 10. Cool to room temperature.
• 11. Break into squares, then break up enough squares to make 3 tablespoons small bits or pieces.
• 12. Cover and store remainder of candy for eating.
• 13. For crust: Combine flour and salt in medium-size bowl.
• 14. Cut in shortening until all flour is blended to form pea-sized chunks.
• 15. Sprinkle with ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• 16. Toss lightly with fork until dough will form a ball.
• 17. Divide dough in half.
• 18. Press between hands to form a couple of 5 to 6 inch \"pancakes\".
• 19. Roll dough for bottom crust into circle between sheets of plastic wrap.
• 20. Peel off top sheet.
• 21. Trim pastry 1 inch larger than upside-down 9-inch pie plate.
• 22. Fit into pie plate.
• 23. Press to fit.
• 24. Remove other sheet of plastic wrap.
• 25. Freeze.
• 26. Roll second \"pancake\" same as for crust.
• 27. Freeze 15 minutes.
• 28. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 29. Cut out 26 to 28 leaf shapes and 3 larger maple-leaf shapes from rolled pastry.
• 30. Arrange leaves in overlapping and slightly curved pattern on baking sheet.
• 31. Brush with whipping cream.
• 32. Moisten tips of small leaves with ice water.
• 33. Press around edge of crust in overlapping fashion.
• 34. Brush with cream.
• 35. Bake leaves at 400 degrees 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 36. For filling: Combine granulated sugar, salt, corn syrup, eggs, syrup, melted butter, vanilla and molasses in medium-size bowl.
• 37. Beat with whisk until blended.
• 38. Stir in nuts.
• 39. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
• 40. Bake at 400 degrees 10 minutes.
• 41. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees.
• 42. Bake 25 to 35 minutes, or until filling is firm when pie is shaken gently.
• 43. Cover edge to keep from overbrowning.
• 44. For sauce: Combine granulated sugar and water in small saucepan.
• 45. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• 46. Increase heat to medium.
• 47. Boil without stirring 11 minutes until mixture is deep amber color, brushing down sugar crystals from sides of pan with wet pastry brush.
• 48. Remove from heat.
• 49. Stir in whipping cream; mixture will bubble up. Add butter, stirring until smooth.
• 50. Cook and stir over low heat about 3 minutes or until color deepens and sauce thickens slightly.
• 51. Spoon 1/2 cup over warm pie.
• 52. Cool 1 hour.
• 53. Cover and refrigerate remaining sauce for ice cream topping.
• 54. Sprinkle top with toffee bits.
• 55. Place leaf decoration to 1 side of pie.
• 56. Refrigerate 4 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Break the graham crackers into small pieces and place in a food processor. Pulse to blend into fine crumbs. Add the butter, cocoa powder and salt and pulse, in 2 second intervals, until combined and the consistency of wet sand. Press the mixture into and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake until toasted and fragrant, about 8 minutes. Cool before filling, about 15 minutes.
• Scoop the dulce de leche into a medium bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the walnuts, chocolate chunks and orange zest. Pour the filling into the prepared pie shell and refrigerate until chilled all the way through and set, about 3 hours.
• Just before serving, use a hand-mixer to whip the heavy cream and vanilla in a medium until soft peaks form. Sprinkle the flake salt on the pie, top with the whipped cream and grate the unsweetened chocolate over the top. Serve.

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:

• Whisk 2 1/2 cups flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut in shortening with 2 knives or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork, until flour mixture is moistened and dough comes together. Do not add more water than you need. Divide the dough in half and shape into 2 balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate, at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie pan with wax paper.
• Melt 1/2 cup unsalted butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour to form a paste. Stir in 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup water, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until filling mixture is thickened slightly, about 3 minutes.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter in a separate saucepan over low heat. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in pecans.
• Spread pecan mixture evenly onto lined pie pan. Roll out one ball of dough; line pie pan over pecan mixture. Toss apples with filling mixture; pour into pie plate. Roll out second ball of dough and place over apple filling. Crimp edges of bottom and top crusts together. Cut several small slits into top crust to vent. Place pie on foil-lined baking sheet.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, about 1 hour.
• Remove pie from oven and allow to cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Place a serving plate gently over pie and carefully flip to invert, being careful not to come in contact with molten sugar. Peel off waxed paper; cool for 1 hour.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F. In medium bowl, mix melted butter and brown sugar. In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place corn puffs snacks and pecans. Pour butter mixture over snacks mixture, stirring to coat evenly.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes, stirring twice, until golden brown.
• Remove 6 cups snacks mixture; place on waxed paper. Sprinkle chocolate chips over remaining hot mixture in pan; toss until chocolate is melted and pieces are completely coated. Cool each mixture completely, about 10 minutes.
• When mixtures are completely cooled, toss together in large bowl or container.