Caramel Cream Apple Crunch Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust, the recipe actually calls for the classic crisco pie crust, homemade if you'd like
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup gingersnap cookie, finely crushed
• 1/2 cup crisco butter flavor shortening
• 1 cup almonds, sliced, coarsely crushed
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, sliced into 1/4-inch slices (or gala apples)
• 1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping, plus additional for garnish, if desired
• 1 (6 ounce) container vanilla yogurt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ice cream (optional)
• whipped cream or frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 if you are making your own crust: prepare recipe for single crust pie. roll out and place in 9-inch pie plate. press to fit without stretching dough. trim even with pie plate. flute edges. heat oven to 375°degrees f.
• 2 for the crumb topping: mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and gingersnap crumbs. cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. stir in almond pieces.
• 3 sprinkle 1 cup crumb topping in bottom of unbaked pie crust. reserve remaining crumb topping.
• 4 for the apple filling: combine 1 cup flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in large saucepan. stir in apple slices. cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture starts to thicken. remove from heat. stir in caramel topping, yogurt and flour.
• 5 spoon filling into prepared pie crust. sprinkle top with remaining crumb topping. place pie plate on cookie sheet to handle easier.
• 6 bake 50 minutes or until browned and apples are tender. cover crust with foil last 10 minutes if it browns too quickly. cool.
• 7 serve with ice cream. add a dollop of whipped cream or drizzle with additional caramel topping, if desired.