Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie

Name: Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters brown sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 425 grams package double crust ready-to-use pie crust (such as Pillsbury®); 4 larges red apples, cored and thinly sliced; 1 pinch salt; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter; 59 milliliters water; 59 milliliters white sugar

Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie

The recipe Chef John's Caramel Apple Pie is ready in about 2 hours and 20 minutes and is definitely a great vegetarian option for lovers of American food. One serving contains 442 calories, 4g of protein, and 23g of fat. For $1.12 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 8. A mixture of butter, water, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. Halloween will be even more special with this recipe.

Instructions

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

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Oven

Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Stir in white sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and water. Bring the syrup to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar, then remove from heat.

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Brown Sugar

Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

Syrup

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Unroll pie crusts, press one into a 9-inch pie dish, and place the apples into the crust. Unroll the second crust on a work surface, and cut into about 8 1-inch wide strips. Criss-cross the strips over the apples, or weave into a lattice crust. Crimp the bottom crust over the lattice strips with your fingers. Spoon caramel sauce over pie, covering lattice portion of top crust; let remaining sauce drizzle through the crust.

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Caramel Sauce

Pie Crust

Apple

Sauce

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Pie Form

Bake in 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