Best Caramel Pecan Apple Pie Recipes

CARAMEL-PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate while preparing filling., In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. Mix pecans, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch; add to apples and toss to combine., Spread caramel topping onto bottom of crust. Fill with apple mixture. Drizzle with butter. , For streusel topping, mix flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly; stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling., Bake on a lower oven rack until filling is bubbly, 65-75 minutes. Drizzle with caramel topping. Cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream and additional caramel topping.

CARAMEL PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Whisk 2 1/2 cups flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut in shortening with 2 knives or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork, until flour mixture is moistened and dough comes together. Do not add more water than you need. Divide the dough in half and shape into 2 balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate, at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie pan with wax paper.
• Melt 1/2 cup unsalted butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour to form a paste. Stir in 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup water, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until filling mixture is thickened slightly, about 3 minutes.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter in a separate saucepan over low heat. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in pecans.
• Spread pecan mixture evenly onto lined pie pan. Roll out one ball of dough; line pie pan over pecan mixture. Toss apples with filling mixture; pour into pie plate. Roll out second ball of dough and place over apple filling. Crimp edges of bottom and top crusts together. Cut several small slits into top crust to vent. Place pie on foil-lined baking sheet.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, about 1 hour.
• Remove pie from oven and allow to cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Place a serving plate gently over pie and carefully flip to invert, being careful not to come in contact with molten sugar. Peel off waxed paper; cool for 1 hour.

CARAMEL PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter and pour into the bottom of the pie crust; spread to cover bottom.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over butter and cover with chopped pecans.
• Place apple slices in pie crust over the nuts and sugar.
• In a small bowl, mix together the granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Sprinkle over the apple slices.
• Sprinkle with water and dot apple slices with additional butter.
• Place top crust over apples and flute edges.
• Bake at 425° for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350° and bake for an additional 35-40 minutes.
• If fluted edges start to get too dark, cover with foil.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Pie Crust: Place all ingredients in a 9 inch pie plate, mix well with hands. Spread out in pie plate.
• 2. Filling: peel and slice apples in to a large bowl Sprinkle 1 teaspoon cinnamon over apple slices and lightly toss. Pour in to your crust.
• 3. Topping: Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Heap over top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes depending on your oven. Topping will be golden brown and apples will be soft but not mushy. Cool for 30 minutes.
• 4. Caramel Drizzle: After pie has cooled for 30 minutes, melt caramels and milk in microwave safe dish, microwave until smooth, keep a close eye on this so you do not over cook, I use 15 second increments, drizzle about half over top of pie, sprinkle with chopped pecans, lightly drizzle remaining caramel over nuts. You can garnish with whole pecans if you like.

CARAMEL CINNAMON GRAHAM APPLE PIE WITH CARAMEL PECAN CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Crust:
• Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles course ground cornmeal. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time. Roll out 2/3 of dough for bottom crust and place into pie pan. Roll out last 1/3 of dough and cut into strips for lattice top crust. On parchment paper or cookie sheet, weave the strips to form lattice. Set aside.
• For topping: mix cracker crumbs, brown sugar and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Set aside.
• For filling: combine apples, lemon juice, sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Spoon apple filling into crust.
• Sprinkle cracker topping over apples.
• Slide lattice crust over top of pie. Fold edges of bottom crust over ends of lattice crust, pressing to seal. Brush lattice strips with egg wash.
• Fold foil strips around edges of crust and bake for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for an additional 40 minutes or until apples are bubbling and crust is browned. While still hot, drizzle pie with Caramel Butterscotch Ice Cream Topping. Cool the pie before serving. Top with Caramel Pecan Cream Sauce.
• Pour whipping cream into a deep bowl. With electric mixer, whip the cream on high, adding sugar a little at a time. When the cream is whipped, continue to beat on medium, while you add the caramel. Fold in pecans. (The cream will reduce a bit, giving you a smooth, creamy sauce to pour over the pie.) Refrigerate before serving over the pie.

EASY CARAMEL PECAN APPLE PIE POCKETS

Steps:

• 1. unroll one can of crescent rolls and lay out in 9 x 13 sprayed pan. I use the new crescent rolls that are in one piece and not the triangles.
• 2. Top with apple pie filling. Sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar over top. Next sprinkle the pecans over top.
• 3. roll out the other can of crescent rolls and lay over the top and seal the edges.
• 4. Place in 350 oven and bake 20 minutes. Pour caramel over the top and bake an additional 10 minutes or until crust is browned and not doughy.

CARAMEL PECAN LEVEE HIGH APPLE PIE®

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cut flour into butter-flavored shortening. Add salt and stir in enough water to make stiff dough. Knead slightly together. Chill dough before using.Use 1/3 of pie dough for bottom crust. Roll bottom crust. Lay in pie pan.
• 2. Combine apples, flour, sugar, and cinnamon and mix lightly with spatula.
• 3. In a small bowl combine together butter, brown sugar, flour, pecans and cinnamon. Layer this mix every so often between apples.
• 4. Using stainless bowl, begin layering apples slice by slice, slightly overlapping starting at the outside circle of the bowl and working towards the center. Push firmly as the layers build. Round off top layer of apple slices when you reach the top. Put a single layer of sliced apples in the bottom crust. Take the pie pan with the bottom crust in left hand and the stainless bowl of sliced apples in right hand and invert. Put finger tips under edge of bowl to release the air and gently lift off. Press and firm apples and straighten. Add slices of apple to take away sharp edges (so as not to puncture the pie dough). Add slices of apples to top of pie to round off.
• 5. Add 4 tablespoons of butter pats on top of pie. Roll out top crust using remaining pie dough. Gently place top crust over the mound of apples. Smooth the sides of pie crust towards bottom of pie pulling out on extra crust. Pinch down to seal 2 layers together. Crimp pie for first time. Cut extra crust with the back of a sharp knife. Re-crimp the edges and push towards the pie. Brush with milk and sprinkle sugar rubbing your left hand from the bottom up to evenly spread your sugar. Put 5 steam vents with a small knife towards the upper part of the pie. Do not vent at the top as it will cause the pie to split open as it bakes.
• 6. Bake between 350 to 375 degrees F for 1 hour, 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let cool for at least 1 hour.
• 7. Melt caramels completely in microwave. Add evaporated milk and stir until smooth consistency. Add chopped pecans and stir. Spread over pie starting at base and working in. Serve with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream

MAKEOVER CARAMEL-PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Unroll crust into a 9-in. pie plate; flute edge. Refrigerate while preparing filling., In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. Combine pecans, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch; add to apple mixture and toss to coat. Pour into crust., In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling., Bake until filling is bubbly and topping is browned, 55-60 minutes. Immediately drizzle with caramel topping. Cool on a wire rack.

CARAMEL CINNAMON GRAHAM APPLE PIE WITH CARAMEL PECAN CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse ground cornmeal. Add water 1 Tbs at a time. Roll out 2/3 of dough for bottom crust and place into pie pan. Roll out last 1/3 of dough and cut into strips for lattice top crust. On parchment paper or cookie sheet, weave the strips to form lattice. Set aside. Topping: Mix cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Set aside. Filling: Combine apples, lemon juice, sugar, flour and cinnamon. Spoon apple filling into crust. Sprinkle cracker topping over apples. Slice lattice crust over top of pie. Fold edges of bottom crust over ends of lattice crust, pressing to seal. Brush lattice strips with egg wash. Fold foil strips around edges of crust and bake for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for an additional 40 minutes or until apples are bubbling and crust is browned. While still hot, drizzle pie with Caramel Butterscotch Ice Cream Topping. Cool the pie before serving. Top with Caramel Pecan Cream Sauce.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Boil apple slices in enough water to cover them for 15 minute.
• Drain apple slices in a collander.
• Replace apple slices into pot without heat and add margarine, cinnamon, sugar, caramel, and pecans.
• Stir slowly until all margarine is melted and other ingredients are well blended.
• Take 2 pie baking dishes and spray with no-stick spray until well coated.
• Open and unroll pie shells and place inside the pie dish; trim off excess with a sharp knife.
• Divide caramel apple pecan mixture between the 2 pie shells evenly.
• Moisten the pie shell where it is to contact the upper shell with water or egg wash, which ever you prefer.
• Open and unroll other pie shells for the cover shell and press down around the pie to seal.
• Cut 2 or 3 slits in the tops for vents and trim excess crusts from around the dish again.
• Place in center of oven for 35 minutes at 350 degrees, check to see if tops are golden brown. If they are, they are done.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for 45 minutes before slicing.

APPLE PIE WITH CARAMEL PECAN TOPPING

Steps:

• Place one pie crust in a 9 inch deep dish pie pan.
• Fill pie crust with sliced or cubed apples.
• Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
• Pour this mixture over apples and top with butter.
• Seal top crust to bottom crust.
• Cut ventilation holes in top of crust. (If crust is not well sealed it will leak when baking. I bake on a cookie sheet).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until crust is done.
• Remove from oven, press down top.
• Mix butter brown sugar and milk in a pan and bring to a boil.
• Add pecans to this mixture and stir to coat.
• Pour over pie and return to oven for 5 minutes.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree's. Toast Pecans in sheet pan until browned. about 10-15 min. remove from oven to cool. Perl apples cut each in to 16 slices. Toss in lemon juice. Place in a pan. Add 1/4 cup of water. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• 2. Combine the rest of dry ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
• 3. Melt butter for caramel bottom. Add the brown sugar. Spread on bottom of crust. Sprinkle pecans over it.
• 4. Pour cooled apples over the Pecans. Sprinkle dry sugar mixture over the apples. sprinkle
• 5. Cover with top crust. cut vents in crust or make a weave top.
• 6. Bake for 10 minutes at 450 degree's . Reduce oven temp to 350 degree's. bake additional 45 minutes, or until nicely browned, and apples are tender.cool and serve!

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line 9-inch pie plate with 1 pastry crust.
• In a large bowl, toss together apples, pecans, sugar, caramels, flour, and milk; spoon mixture into pie shell.
• Top with remaining pastry; fold the edge of the top pastry under the bottom pastry.
• Pinch together and flute the edge with a fork.
• Cut several slits in top so the steam can escape during baking; brush top with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake until crust is golden brown, about 45 minutes.
• Pie is best served slightly warm (with ice-cream of course!).

MAKEOVER CARAMEL-PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. Combine the pecans, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch; add to apple mixture and toss to coat. Pour into pastry shell.
• In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling.
• Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is browned. Immediately drizzle with caramel topping. Cool on a wire rack.

CARAMEL PECAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Directions for the Crumb Topping Directions for Crumb Topping: 1. Stir together brown sugar,flour, rolled oats. 2. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until topping is like course crumbs. Set aside. Directions for the Pie 1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. 2. Add apple slices and gently toss until coated. 3. Transfer apple mixture to the pie shell (I remove the store-bought pie shell from the aluminum pie plate and transfer it to a 9-inch pie plate of my own, but you do not have to.) 4. Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture. 5. Place pie on a cookie sheet so the drippings don't drop into your oven. 6. Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil. 7. Bake in a preheated 375 oven for 25 minutes. Then remove foil and put back in for another 25 to 30 minutes without foil. 8. Remove from oven. Sprinkle pie with chopped pecans then drizzle with caramel on top. 9. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy warm or at room temperature. Recipe courtesy of Marsha Brooks, Good Morning America Apple Pie Contest 2001

MAKEOVER CARAMEL-PECAN APPLE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. Combine the pecans, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch; add to apple mixture and toss to coat. Pour into pastry shell.
• In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling.
• Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is browned. Immediately drizzle with caramel topping. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8 servings.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Mix and set aside sliced apples and tapioca.
• 2. Mix the remaining ingredients together and add to apple mixture. Pour into 9" deep pie crust dusted with flour on both sides to prevent from sticking to pie pan. Top with a lattice crust design.
• 3. Brush with milk on top pie crust and dust with cinnamon and sugar.
• 4. Bake 350* for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Drizzle with your favorite caramel topping while still warm. Let cool and serve with more caramel drizzle over the top, running over onto plate for a nice presentation. Yummm!