Piled High Apple Pie with Caramel

Piled High Apple Pie with Caramel Pieces

A Delightful Twist to Mom's Apple Pie

Fall is apple season, and I, like many of you, have wonderful childhood memories of apple picking and pie making with my mom and grandmother.  Apple pie has always been a fall staple at our house, one of my dad's favorite desserts, and something my mom would make a few times through out the fall season.  It always lands on our table for Thanksgiving dessert as well.  We all love it, and its one of those things you don't need to fancy up for guests.  This weekend was the first really cool weekend here in Nebraska so I decided to make an apple pie for my family to enjoy.  Since I am trying to clean out my pantry before our move, I did add one thing to my typical recipe - Caramel Bits, they melted nicely in with the apples while cooking and gave just a hint of melted caramel every few bites.  My family enjoyed this dessert and I think it will make it this way to our Thanksgiving with this new caramel addition.

Here's my apple pie recipe, it piles high in a 9 inch pie pan and looks fabulous on your table - it tastes even better.  Hope you try it an enjoy every bite with your loved ones.

Ingredients:

5 Granny Smith Apples Peeled and Cubed into 1/2 inch squares

8 Red Apples - I used Jonah's this weekend and they were perfect, Macintosh are also very good.  Also peel and cube these into 1/2 inch squares

1 cup White Sugar

1 T Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg

1 T Lemon Juice

1 C Kraft Caramel Bits

2 Packages of Jiffy Pie Crust - follow directions for making (I always use two boxes although the single box says it makes 2 pie crusts I never get what I want out of just one and two gives me a nice thick crust)

1 egg

2 T cinnamon sugar

To start preheat your oven to 350.  Then peel and dice your apples, add the lemon juice to your apples.  Mix your sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small dish then pour over your apples coating all apples.  Toss in your caramel bits.  Let this sit while you roll out your dough.

I use a 9 inch glass pie pan.  I roll my bottom pie crust out and lay it in my dish, then I pour my apple mixture in and cover with my top crust.  Using a fork I pierce the top for air holes.  Then, I also use my fork to seal around the edges of the pie.  Finally I scramble my egg and coat the top crust with the egg wash - this makes a golden shine on your pie.  If you like take 2 T of cinnamon sugar and dust the top of your pie for a cinnamon sugar glow.

Bake in your oven on 350 for 45-53 minutes until golden brown.  I let mine sit for about 30 minutes before I cut and serve. 

Hope you enjoy this delicious apple pie.