Crunchy Caramel Apple Pie

This was a blue ribbon winner at our school fall festival!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 6-8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 1  unbaked pie shell

• Filling

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 3  tablespoons flour
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 6  cups  peeled and thinly sliced granny smith apples

• Topping 1 before baking

• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup  quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup butter

• Topping 2 after baking

• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans
• 1⁄2 cup  caramel ice cream topping

Directions

1. Mix filling together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Then toss the mixed dry ingrediants with the apples to coat.
2. To make topping 1, mix the brown sugar, flour and oats together. Then, using a pastry blender, cut butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Fill the unbaked pie shell with apple filling, top with crumb mixture. Cover edges with foil to prevent burning. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for another 25 minutes, until topping is golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with topping 2 -pecans and drizzle caramel topping over. Cool on wire.