Caramel Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 9 inches deep dish pie shells, frozen
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 5 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• caramel sauce
• 0.5 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 to prepare topping, combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix by hand or with a pastry blender until crumbly.
• 3 to prepare filling, combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. pour into pie crust. pile topping on top. bake 1 hour or until a knife easily slides into center of pie with no resistance. if pie is browning too quickly, reduce temperature to 350f after 30 minutes. let cool.
• 4 to prepare caramel sauce, combine all ingredients, except vanilla, in a small, heavy saucepan. bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 244f on a candy thermometer (firm-ball stage). remove from heat and stir in vanilla. let cool and drizzle 1 teaspoon over each apple pie wedge. (you’ll have caramel sauce left over.).