Dharma's delicious apple, caramel and pecan pie.

Published on October 7, 2004 By dharmagrl In Misc

Everyone has a signature recipe, and I'm sharing mine with you...

6-8 apples, peeled, cored and sliced.

1 cup pecan pieces

28 Kraft caramels

2tbsp water

1 9" pie crust (preferably deep dish)

For the topping:

1 stick butter, sofetened.

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar (white or brown - I prefer brown)

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

Placed sliced apples in pie crust. Sprinkle pecan pieces over apples. Melt caramels and water over very low heat - I prefer to use a double boiler method so they don't burn - stirring until smooth. Pour melted caramels over apples and pecans.

With a fork, mix flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon until breadcrumb like in texture. Sprinkle over pie.

Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour....cool at least 2 hours before serving.

This pie is really good with some old-fashioned vanilla ice-cream, or some sweetened whipping cream. It's also good without the pecans.

Enjoy!

Comments

BlueDev

on Oct 07, 2004

Mmmmm, I am going to have to try this one. I am a total sucker for pie, and this looks too good to pass up. Thanks for sharing.

dharmagrl

on Oct 07, 2004

You're welcome, Dev, and it IS good....I'm making one for my kids right now, and the smell coming from my kitchen is just mouth watering....!

Do you have a favorite recipe?

shadesofgrey

on Oct 07, 2004

hmm...i was planning to go apple picking this weekend, so now I think I might just have found the perfect recipe for all those extra apples (I don't know why I insist that we need to bring how 7000 bushels of them!).

dharmagrl

on Oct 07, 2004

(I don't know why I insist that we need to bring how 7000 bushels of them!).

OOh, I'm so jealous! I love to go apple picking!

I always bring home too many as well. I think that I just get carried away. I have a way to store apples - if you layer them in boxes, placing newspapers between the layers, and then keep them in a relatively cool, dark place ( a closet is good) they'll last for a lot longer.

Apple butter is another good way of preserving them....oh, how I long for my own homestead with apple trees and canners!

shadesofgrey

on Oct 07, 2004

OOh, I'm so jealous! I

you are more than welcome to join us--it is usually just me and my dad...sunday in rhode island--think you can make it?

dharmagrl

on Oct 07, 2004

...sunday in rhode island--think you can make it?

Umm...no. I'd love to, but Dave's working this weekend and I'm heading to Indiana for the day. Perhaps next year?!

shadesofgrey

on Oct 07, 2004

Perhaps next year?!

its a plan

citahellion

on Oct 07, 2004

Here's one of my best recipes:

Take 2 slices of whole-wheat bread.
Butter one side of each.
Unwrap 2 slices of American cheese (preferably Kraft(tm), but any brand will likely suffice).
Place one slice of bread butter-side-down in a skillet, frying pan, or griddle.
Place the slices of cheese on the bread, slightly offset from each other so that they cover the entire slice.
Place the other slice of bread butter-side-up on top of the cheese.
Fire up the stove.
Cook until the bread has turned a golden brown color almost all over.
Flip the sandwich.
Cook until the other side is also golden brown. (WARNING! This takes MUCH LESS TIME than the first side, when the stove was still warming up!)
Remove sandwich from heat, let cool for about a minute.
Eat immediately.

Enjoy!

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 07, 2004

(droooling) mmmmmmmm...........apppllllessss............arrghghghgh

The Crusaders

on Oct 08, 2004

Sounds like a recipe well worth trying, Dharmagrl.

Here's one that's not so much fantastic though the individual can make it so....and it's easy and great if you have kids 'cos they can help!

Foundation biscuit recipe..

1 cup flour
1 cup SR flour
1/2 cup butter (125g)
1/2 cup caster sugar (but I have also used brown sugar or white sugar and it turns out just as well)
1 egg beaten

sift flours.
cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix well.
add butter/sugar/egg to flour and fold in.
when it looks mostly folded in tip onto your flour dusted kitchen bench and knead until smooth.
Oh...and whilst you are doing this you have remembered to preheat your oven to 160 C.
lightly grease baking trays

(now you can add cocoa to sifted flours before adding butter/sugar/egg but if you are using cocoa you would probably use 3/4 cup to 1 cup sugar
and once you have your basic dough you can add anything you like ...nuts dried fruit etc...choc ...anything....it's all up to your personal taste)

so....roll out your dough and add what you like on top if you haven't already mixed it in and cut to shapes....one the kids will love is sprinkling sprinkles and rolling with rolling pin so they indent a little.....very yummy!!
You can pretty much make what ever you like once you have made the dough...

oh and they take about fifteen to twenty minutes depending on thickness.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 09, 2004

MM Pie!

pseudosoldier

on Oct 17, 2004

My wife glanced at the title and asked me to save the recipe. I suppose I'll be getting some pie some time soon. I'm certain the Army Weight Control NCO will be tickled pink...

greywar

on Oct 17, 2004

I'm certain the Army Weight Control NCO will be tickled pink...

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