Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie

Name: Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 apples - peeled, cored and sliced; 118 milliliters brown sugar; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 pastry for double-crust pie (see footnote for recipe link); 1 pinch salt; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter; 59 milliliters water; 118 milliliters white sugar

Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie is A mixture of salt, water, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Oven

Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Granulated Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Roll out half the pastry to fit a 9-inch pie plate.

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Roll

Place bottom crust in pie plate; pour in apple slices.

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Apple

Crust

Roll out top crust into a 10-inch circle.

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Crust

Roll

Cut into 8 (1-inch) wide strips with a sharp paring knife or pastry wheel. Weave the pastry strips, one at a time, into a lattice pattern. Fold the ends of the lattice strips under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp to seal.

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Crust

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Knife

Pour butter-sugar mixture over top of pie, coating the lattice, and allowing any remaining sauce to drizzle through the crust.

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Butter

Sauce

Sugar

Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake until the crust is golden brown, the caramel on the top crust is set, and the apple filling is bubbling, 35 to 40 more minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing.

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Caramel