Taffy Apple Pie Food

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For the perfect spiced pie crust: Mix the flour, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg in a bowl. Add the butter and vegetable shortening. Work the butter into the flour using a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles tiny pebbles. Add the white vinegar, egg and 5 tablespoons cold water and stir until just combined.
• Form 2 equal-sized balls. Place each in a large plastic bag (do not seal) and slightly flatten with a rolling pin; this makes it much easier to roll out the crust later. After flattening, seal the bag tightly. Place in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes to chill.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Remove 1 bag of dough from the freezer (save the other dough for another use), remove the dough from the bag and place it on a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough starting at the center and working outward. Be gentle and patient; it'll take a little time to get the dough completely rolled out. If you think the bottom is really sticking to the surface below while rolling, use a metal spatula to loosen it. When fully rolled out, loosen again with a spatula and lift the pie crust into a 9-inch pie pan (or you can roll the pastry over the rolling pin, lift it onto the pie pan and unroll it). Gently press the dough against the corner of the pan and tear off any excess dough. Then tuck under the edges and go around the pie pan pinching the dough to crimp the edge.
• For the pie filling: In a bowl, mix the apples, lemon juice, granulated sugar, flour and salt. Set aside.
• For the crumb topping: Cut the butter into the flour with a pastry cutter, then add in the brown sugar, oats and salt.
• Add the apples to the prepared pie shell and top with the crumb topping. Bake for 1 hour, covering the edge of the crust with foil if it starts to brown too quickly. After an hour, sprinkle the chopped pecans over the pie, then bake for a further 5 minutes.
• Remove the pie from the oven and pour 1/2 jar (or more, if you're feeling dangerous and naughty) of caramel topping over the top. Allow to cool slightly before serving - or don't if you can't wait!

CARAMEL APPLE PIE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven and cookie sheet to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Stir together the sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. Toss with the apples in a mixing bowl.
• Pour the mixture into the first unbaked pie shell then drizzle the caramel topping over the top. Sprinkle with pecans. Place the second pie shell over this and flute the edges. Cut slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape then place on preheated cookie sheet.
• Bake 45-50 minutes, until golden brown. Cool for 1 hour before slicing. Top with whipped topping, if desired.

CARAMEL-APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Place cookie sheet on bottom oven rack. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie, using 9-inch glass pie plate. In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup topping and 2 tablespoons flour; spread in bottom pie crust.
• In large bowl, mix apples, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and the cinnamon. Spoon over caramel. Gently press apples. Cut small shapes from top crust to allow steam to escape. Place crust over apples. Seal edge and flute. Brush crust with milk; sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. (After 30 minutes of bake time, cover entire pie with foil to prevent overbrowning.) Cool about 2 hours before serving.
• In small microwavable bowl, place remaining 1/2 cup topping. Microwave uncovered on High 30 to 45 seconds or until warm. Top slices of pie with ice cream; spoon topping over top.

TAFFY APPLE CHEESECAKE PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar and butter. Cook over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Add apples. Cook, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring occasionally; drain and set aside. , In a large heavy saucepan, combine caramels and cream; cook over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat; keep warm. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, remaining brown sugar, vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon pie spice until smooth. Add egg; beat on low speed just until combined. , Stir half of caramel mixture into apples. Pour into pastry shell. Combine pecans and chocolate chips; set aside 2 tablespoons for topping. Sprinkle remaining pecan mixture over apples. Fold remaining caramel mixture into cream cheese mixture. Spread over pecan mixture., Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until filling is set. Cool on a wire rack. Chill for 30 minutes. , Combine whipped topping and remaining pumpkin pie spice; spread over pie just before serving. Sprinkle with reserved pecan mixture. Refrigerate leftovers.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• To Make Taffy: In a small bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, and 1/3 cup flour. Mix well and set aside.
• To Make Apple Filling: Place apples in a large bowl. Add white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Toss until all ingredients are mixed well and apples are thoroughly coated.
• Spoon half of apple filling into pastry-lined deep-dish pan. Top with half of caramels and half of taffy mixture. Repeat process with remaining apple filling, caramels and taffy mixture. Place top pastry over filling and seal well (this is very important--if edges are not sealed, caramel will leak out all over). Cut steam vents and brush top crust with milk or light cream.
• Cover pie with foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil from pie and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes, until crust is golden. Serve warm.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE - 2003 1ST PLACE APPLE

Steps:

• Pie Crust:
• Chill all ingredients, including the flour and vinegar. Combine the flour, salt and sugar. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles cornmeal. In another bowl, mix water and vinegar with the beaten egg. Add the liquid mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, to the flour mixture, tossing with a fork to form a soft dough.
• Filling:
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Peel and slice apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl and add apples. Toss to mix. Add vanilla and cream. Melt butter in heavy skillet. Add apple mixture and cook approximately 8 minutes, to soften apples. Turn into pie shell.
• Streusel Topping:
• Combine the flour and sugar. Mix in butter with fork until coarse crumbs. stir in the crushed toffee bars. Sprinkle over pie. Add top crust. Seal, flute edge and vent top. Brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake 45 minutes longer.

DUTCH CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Make the pie dough: Follow the recipe and directions in my post on How to Make Perfect Pie Crust. Allow pie dough to chill in fridge for at least two hours (or overnight) or in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Make the Caramel: Follow my Simple Homemade Caramel Sauce recipe. You'll use 1/2 cup of caramel in the apple filling - reserve the rest for topping pie slices when serving.
• Make the Topping: Whisk together all topping ingredients EXCEPT the butter. Then, cut the cold butter into chunks(you should be pulling it straight from the fridge) and add it into the flour mixture. Cut it in using two forks or a pastry cutter, until you have crumbs of all different sizes (the largest should be about pea sized), that are coated with flour. You'll need to clean out the pastry cutter a few times as it logs up. Set in the fridge to chill.
• Roll Pie Dough Out + Transfer to Pan: Follow the steps in my "Perfect Pie Crust" post through step 7. You'll freeze the pie crust (without the filling or crumble topping or egg wash) for 15 minutes before filling and topping and baking. (It's ok if it's in the freezer longer than 15 - make the filling while it freezes then continue with the recipe).
• Make the Filling: While the dough is in the freezer, make the filling and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rinse your apples, peel, core, and slice into 1/4" thick slices. In a large mixing bowl, stir together all filling ingredients as listed above EXCEPT for the caramel. Let filling sit for 10 minutes to get the apple juices going, then stir in the caramel. Set aside.
• Assemble Pie: Remove pie from freezer. Beat the egg in a small bowl, and brush over exposed parts of the crust (a pastry brush is helpful here). Spoon the filling into the crust. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the apple filling. Sprinkle crust and topping with a little coarse sugar.
• Bake: Bake for 40-60 minutes, checking the pie at 20 minutes to make sure the crust isn't browning too quickly. If it is, use a pie shield or a place a piece of foil over the top of the pie and continue baking. (I do this with this pie each time at about 30 minutes.)Pie is done when the filling is bubbly, the topping and crust are golden brown, and the apples are tender (poke through the crumb topping with a fork if you're not sure if it's done - if it slides through the apple smoothly and easily, it's done! I sometimes add 5-8 minutes extra if the apples aren't tender yet).
• Serve + Store: Allow pie to cool for 2-3 hours before slicing and serving. Serve with more caramel sauce!Store leftovers, covered, in the fridge for up to 5 days.
• Make Ahead Tips: Pie crust can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge for 3 days, or in the freezer for 1 month. If making the pie a day or two ahead, bake, let it cool completely, cover it well with foil and keep in the fridge until ready to serve. You can re-warm it in the oven the day you plan to serve it, if desired, at 350 for 12-20 minutes, until warmed. Make sure to cover it with foil so the top doesn't brown further.

SALTED CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F with a rack in center and a large sheet of foil on rack below. Bring 1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring and brushing down sides with a wet pastry brush to prevent sugar crystals from forming, until sugar dissolves. Cook, swirling occasionally, until mixture is deep golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, then heavy cream (it will bubble up) and salt. You will have about 1 cup. Let cool while preparing pie.
• In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, lemon juice, flour and salt. Add 3/4 cup cooled caramel, and toss to combine.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk of dough to a 13-inch round, about 1/8-inch thick. Fit into a 9-inch pie dish. Pour filling into shell. Roll remaining disk of dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into at least 16 1/2-inch-wide strips using a fluted pastry cutter.
• Lay 8 strips across pie. Fold back every other strip, and lay a horizontal strip across the center of the pie. Unfold folded strips, then fold back remaining strips. Lay another horizontal strip across pie. Repeat folding and unfolding strips to weave a lattice pattern. Repeat on remaining side. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar, and salt, if desired. Freeze 20 minutes.
• Bake until crust is golden on bottom and juices are bubbling in center, 1 hour and 20 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. If browning too quickly, tent top or edges with foil. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 4 hours. Serve slices with vanilla ice cream drizzled with remaining caramel (reheated in pan over low heat or in microwave) and sprinkled with flaky salt.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples, store in a bowl with some lemon juice to keep from turning brown until needed.
• Preheat Oven to 425°F.
• Melt the butter in a sauce pan.
• Stir in flour to make a paste.
• Add water, vanilla, sugars and spices and bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce temperature and simmer, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and pour approximately 3/4 of caramel mixture over apples and toss to coat.
• Place bottom crust in a deep dish pie pan.
• Fill with apple slices (there will be a lot, create a mound).
• Cover with a lattice top crust and pour remaining caramel over the top, pouring carefully so it doesn't spill out. Or toss all caramel with apples and cover with a vented top crust.
• Place on a cookie sheet (for runoff) and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 350F and cover pie crust and continue baking for 35-45 minutes or until apples are soft.

TAFFY APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• To Make Taffy:
• In a small bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, and 1/3 cup flour.
• Mix well and set aside.
• To Make Apple Filling:
• Place apples in a large bowl.
• Add white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice.
• Toss until all ingredients are mixed well and apples are thoroughly coated.
• Spoon half of apple filling into pastry-lined deep-dish pan.
• Top with half of caramels and half of taffy mixture.
• Repeat process with remaining apple filling, caramels and taffy mixture.
• Place top pastry over filling and seal well.
• This is very important, if edges are not sealed, caramel will leak out all over.
• Cut steam vents and brush top crust with milk or light cream.
• Cover pie with foil and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove foil from pie and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes, until crust is golden.
• Serve warm.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the caramel sauce and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 400°. Press the bottom crust into a 9 inch pie pan and trim the excess with a sharp knife. Set in the fridge until the filling is ready.
• In a small bowl mix the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In a medium bowl toss the sliced apples together with the spiced sugar mixture and the lemon juice. Pour into the chilled pie shell.
• Generously drizzle about half of the caramel sauce over the apples and then top with the lattice crust. Brush the top crust with the egg wash and sprinkle with course sugar.
• Place the pie on a baking sheet to prevent over spilling on the bottom of your oven and bake for 50 minutes, or until the filling is bubbling and the crust is nice and golden brown.
• Allow to cool on a rack for 20-30 minutes before drizzling more caramel sauce over the top.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place apples in a strainer to drain. Place caramels and water in a double boiler or metal bowl over simmering water; heat for 10 minutes or until caramels are partially melted. Cover and set aside, keeping caramels in pan over heated water. , In a small bowl, whisk the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, flour and eggs. Squeeze excess moisture from apples and stir into egg mixture. Add peanuts. Add melted caramels and stir to mix. Pour into pie shell. , Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until set.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Place the unbaked pie crust in the freezer while you prepare the pie filling.
• As you peel, core, and slice the apples, toss them into a bowl and squeeze the lemon juice over them.
• Add ½ cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup flour, ¾ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, and a dash of salt to the apple mixture. Stir well to combine.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine unwrapped caramels and heavy whipping cream. Heat for 30 seconds, stir, and heat for 30 seconds longer. Stir the mixture until it is combined and smooth. Heat for additional 15-second increments if needed to melt the caramel completely.
• Stir ⅓ cup of the caramel mixture into the apple mixture. Reserve the remaining caramel to drizzle over the top of the baked pie.
• Mound apple mixture into the chilled pie crust. Dot small pieces of the 2 tablespoons of butter over the top of the apples. Set aside.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon for the crumble topping in a small bowl. Add pieces of butter (½ cup) into the crumble mixture. Use two forks or a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture until small clumps form.
• Sprinkle the crumble topping over the apples.
• Bake pie for 40 to 45 minutes. After 15 to 20 minutes, check the pie for browning. When the top and crust of the pie is browned, cover the entire pie with a sheet of aluminum foil and continue baking for another 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven when the apple filling is bubbling, and the topping and crust are browned.
• Allow the pie to cool completely.
• Drizzle pie with reserved caramel sauce (reheat as needed). Cut and serve with vanilla ice cream.