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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Caramel Apple Crumble Pie

I'm not a huge apple pie person....I'd rather have chocolate. But IT Guy loves it so I make it for him from time to time. I had some leftover cake mix from another recipe so I used it as a topping for this pie. Remember "dump cakes"? Well...I guess you could call this a "dump pie". It turned out really good and yes..I managed to eat a slice. Or two.

Caramel Apple Crumble Pie



5 – 6 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples (I used Gala apples)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup dry yellow cake mix
1/3 cup caramel sauce (I used ice cream topping) plus extra for drizzling
1 cube butter ~ melted
1 pie crust (I used ready made but homemade is fine, too)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine the apples, lemon juice and vanilla.  Set aside.

Arrange pie crust in a 9-inch pie pan and drizzle with the 1/3 cup caramel sauce.

In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cornstarch.

Sprinkle sugar mixture over apples then pour into the crust.

Sprinkle dry cake mix over the apples the drizzle the melted butter over the top.

Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown and the apples are done.

Cool to room temp, slice then drizzle with extra caramel sauce.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.


Anyone for pie? 
Anyone for pie?

Slice your apples then mix together the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cornstarch and sprinkle over the apples. Toss to coat. 
Slice your apples then mix together 
the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, 
nutmeg and cornstarch and sprinkle 
over the apples. Toss to coat.

Arrange pie crust in a 9-inch pie pan and drizzle with the 1/3 cup caramel sauce. 
Arrange pie crust in a 9-inch pie pan 
and drizzle with the 1/3 cup caramel sauce.

Add the apples. 
Add the apples.

Sprinkle dry cake mix over the apples. 
Sprinkle dry cake mix over the apples.

Then drizzle with the melted butter. 
Then drizzle with the melted butter.

Bake! 
Bake!

Cool, slice and eat! Don't forget the ice cream! 
Cool, slice and eat! Don't 
forget the ice cream!