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Apple Desserts Cookbook

By Elizabeth Ann Drake



Apple Desserts Cookbook
Copyright © 2012 by Big Ideas Press
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Caramel Upside-Down Apple Pie


Crust and Glaze
¼ cup brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1/3 cup pecans halves, coarsely chopped
1 package 2-crust refrigerated 9-inch pie, unbaked


Filling
½ cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
4 large cooking apples, tart, sliced, peeled and cored
1 tablespoon lemon juice


Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.


For glaze, combine brown sugar, butter and corn syrup in 9-inch pie plate; spread evenly onto bottom. Sprinkle chopped pecans over sugar mixture. Top with 1 pastry crust; set aside.


For filling, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg in 1-quart batter bowl; mix will. Slice apples crosswise in half and place slices in 2-quart batter bowl; sprinkle with lemon juice. Layer half the apples in pastry-lined pie plate; sprinkle with half the sugar mixture. Repeat layers. Place remaining crust over filling. Fold edge of top crust under edge of bottom crust; flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust.


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