My husband is such a fan of pies.
They are his absolute favorite dessert.
I am more of a fan of cookies, cupcakes, brownies, etc BUT I will eat a slice of pie here and there. Now, he is a hard critic, so he always gives me his honest opinion. There have been too many to count recipes that did not make the cut, that just didn’t taste right, or frankly were not good.
I only share the ones that really are delicious and worth writing a post about.
So, as the cooler weather sets in and fall is upon us, I am revving up the baking engine and this is the beginning of a series of baked goods. I recently went with my family to the apple orchard and we were in search of a variety of apples to make this recipe we’d been eyeing for quite some time……
Apple Caramel Crunch Pie.
I am happy to report that not only did we go to the orchard and get a TON of apples, but then we made up this delicious pie! I wasn’t too sure it was going to pan out, but I spent about 2 1/2 hours working on it and I am SO glad that I put forth all the effort because the finished product was out of this world!
This is the topping that I put over it and I will be using this crumb topping recipe from here on out on my pies. I love that it covers the whole pie evenly and it is super easy to whip up in the food processor.
{Throwing all the ingredients into the food processor to let is do its magic!}
- 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 Tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
- Using a food processor or pastry blender, incorporate the butter by cutting it into the flour until the butter forms small, pea sized pieces.
- Pair the topping with a traditional pastry pie shell and the filling of your choice.
- Once the filling has been placed in the pie shell, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar crumb topping evenly over the filling until is is completely covered.
- Bake as directed.
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