Apple Caramel Pie

I found this wonderful recipe in one of our local papers a few years back. It is so delicious, and the caramel is what makes this pie so special. The recipe calls for Jonamac apples, but I use a mixture of yellow delicious, and macintosh and it turns out great.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• Pastry for 9 inch double crust pie

• 2  cups flour
• 2⁄3 cup shortening
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 5 -6  tablespoons  ice water

• Filling

• 6  cups  jonamac apples, peeled and sliced
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 2  tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 14  vanilla caramels
• 1  tablespoon water

Directions

1. To Make Crust:.
2. Cut shortening into flour until fine crumbs form.
3. Add salt.
4. Mix in water.
5. Rollout into 2-9 inch crusts.
6. Procedure:.
7. Combine sliced apples with sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter.
8. Spoon half into pastry lined pie dish and spread evenly.
9. Melt caramels with water in top of double boiler.
10. Drizzle over apples.
11. Spoon remaining apple mixture over caramel layer.
12. Place second crust over apples and crimp edges to seal.
13. Bake 45 minutes in 425 oven.
14. Cover edge of crust with foil if it browns to quickly.