Crunchy Carmel Apple Pie by Sue Lindborg

  • 1 pastry crust for a deep-dish pie 9-inch (homemade or store-bought)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 6 cups thinly sliced peeled apples      Marsha likes to use golden delicious and fuji apples.
  • 1 recipe crumb topping (see below)
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup caramel topping

    Ingredients for Crumb Topping:
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2cup quick cooking rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup butter

    Directions for Crumb Topping:
    1. Stir together brown sugar,flour, rolled oats.
    2. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until topping is like course crumbs. Set aside.

    Directions:
    1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.
    2. Add apple slices and gently toss until coated.
    3. Transfer apple mixture to the pie shell (I remove the store-bought pie shell from the aluminum pie plate and transfer it to a 9-inch pie plate of my own, but you do not have to.)
    4. Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture.
    5. Place pie on a cookie sheet so the drippings don't drop into your oven.
    6. Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil.
    7. Bake in a preheated 375 oven for 25 minutes. Then remove foil and put back in for another 25 to 30 minutes without foil.
    8. Remove from oven. Sprinkle pie with chopped pecans then drizzle with caramel on top.
    9. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy warm or at room temperature.
    Recipe courtesy of Marsha Brooks, Apple Pie Contest 2003




    • Pumpkin Pie Cake   Gina Gill

     Crust:
    1 box Yellow Cake Mix (save 1 cup for the topping)
    ½ cup Margarine (melted)
    1 Egg

    Filling:
    4 cups canned Pumpkin (about 1 large can + ½ small can)
    1 cup of Sugar
    3 Eggs
    2/3 cup of Milk
    1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice

    Topping:
    1 cup of reserved Cake Mix
    2 T. Margarine (melted)

    Preheat oven to 350°.Combine crust ingredients. Mold into bottom of 9” x 13” pan(greased).   Mix together filling ingredients.  Pour over crust.
    Mix together ingredients for the topping and crumble over filling.
    Bake for 1 hour.  Serve warm or cold.  Garnish with whipped cream.  Enjoy!