Salted Caramel Apple Pie

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Description

This pie has everything you’d want out of an apple pie. The buttery, flaky crust, spiced apple filling, and sweet, salty caramel sauce are a perfect combination of flavors and textures in every bite. Serve a la mode with a side of vanilla bean ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 ½ cups cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • ½ cup ice cold water, divided
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 6 tablespoons salted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, at room temperature
  • ½ cup heavy cream, at room temperature
  • 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
  • 10 medium Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored, and sliced
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar

Instructions

  1. Make the pie crust: Whisk flour and salt together in a large bowl. Add butter and toss until pieces are completely separated and coated with flour mixture. Using your hands
  2. work butter into the flour mixture until well combined and butter pieces are no larger than a pea.
  3. Gently stir in 1/4 cup cold water with a spatula until completely absorbed. Add remaining 1/4 cup water
  4. 1 tablespoon at a time
  5. gently stirring between each addition
  6. until dough begins to form into a ball. Depending on how humid it is in your kitchen or how hydrated your flour is
  7. you might not need to use all of the water.
  8. Transfer dough to a clean work surface and gently knead
  9. being careful not to overwork it
  10. until smooth and slightly tacky. Divide dough evenly into 2 pieces. Form each piece into a flat disk and wrap individually in plastic wrap. Chill dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or up to 3 days. (If chilling for longer than 1 hour
  11. let dough sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before rolling in Step 9.)
  12. While the dough is chilling
  13. make the caramel sauce: Heat sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat
  14. stirring occasionally
  15. until completely melted and amber in color
  16. 10 to 15 minutes. Add butter to melted sugar and cook
  17. stirring constantly
  18. until butter is melted and completely combined
  19. about 1 minute.
  20. Carefully add heavy cream to sugar mixture
  21. stirring constantly
  22. until bubbly
  23. 15 to 30 seconds. Remove saucepan from the heat and stir in sea salt. Set caramel sauce aside to cool slightly at room temperature until ready to use.
  24. Make the filling: Stir apples
  25. sugar
  26. flour
  27. lemon juice
  28. cornstarch
  29. cinnamon
  30. salt
  31. cloves
  32. and nutmeg together in a large bowl until well combined. Set apple mixture aside at room temperature
  33. uncovered
  34. for 30 minutes.
  35. Pour apple mixture through a strainer into a large bowl. Set apple mixture aside
  36. and transfer the strained liquid to a small saucepan. Bring liquid to a boil over medium heat
  37. stirring occasionally
  38. until thickened. Remove saucepan from the heat and set aside at room temperature.
  39. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Position an oven rack in bottom third of oven.
  40. Working with one dough disk at a time on a surface lightly dusted with flour
  41. roll each disk into a 1/8-inch thick circle that measures 12 inches in diameter. Place one dough circle in a 9-inch pie pan and gently press dough into the corners and sides of the pan.
  42. Stir together apples and reduced apple liquid in large bowl; arrange apple mixture in the pie crust
  43. and drizzle with 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce. Place remaining dough circle over top and press into apple mixture and into edges of pan. Using your fingers
  44. fold the edges under and crimp to seal. Brush the top and edges of dough with beaten egg and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Cut eight 1-inch slits in the dough with a sharp paring knife to allow steam to escape. Place pie on a rimmed sheet pan.
  45. Bake pie in the preheated oven until the top is light golden in color
  46. about 20 minutes. Without removing the pie
  47. reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
  48. and continue baking until dough is deep golden brown and filling is starting to bubble
  49. about 25 minutes. Gently cover pie with aluminum foil
  50. and continue baking until a knife inserted in the center comes out mostly clean
  51. about 25 minutes.
  52. Remove pie from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
  53. about 2 hours. Serve pie with remaining caramel sauce
  54. if desired.

Prep Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time: 5 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 12

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