ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "THE RECIPE ROOM"
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CANDY APPLE PIE

Ingredients for Crust:
  1 1/2-cup graham cracker crumbs
  3 tbsp. sugar
  1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  1/3-cup butter (melted)
  3/4-cup caramel ice cream topping
  1 cup chopped pecans

 
Ingredients for Apple Filling:
  5 granny smith apples (remove peel and core and slice very thin)
  5 tbsp. butter
  1/2 cup brown sugar
  1/4 tsp. salt
  1 tsp. cinnamon

 
Ingredients for Cream Cheese Topping:
  8 oz. package of cream cheese
  1 tsp. vanilla
  1 egg
  1 tbsp. lemon juice
  1/4 cup sugar

 
Ingredients for Topping:
  3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
  2 tbsp. sugar
  1/2 cup caramel topping
  1/4 cup chopped pecans

 

Instructions for Crust:
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a medium size bowl, combine the crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and

melted butter. Mix well and press into a 10-inch pie plate, and up the
sides. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes until golden in color. Remove pie shell
from oven and cool completely. Pour caramel into pie shell and sprinkle
with 1 cup of chopped pecans. Refrigerate pie shell while making apple
filling.
 

Instructions for Apple Filling:
  3. In a large (12-inch) skillet over medium heat, melt butter and

add brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon. Add apples
and stir. Cook over medium to medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes
until apples are softened and tender. Let cool for 10 minutes and pour into
pie shell. Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
 
Instructions for Cream Cheese Topping:
  4. In a medium bowl, using a hand held mixer on low speed, combine
cream cheese and sugar for about 1 minute or until smooth. Add egg,lemon
juice and vanilla and beat for 1 more minute or until fully blended. Pour
over apple filling in pie shell. Bake for 30 minutes until an inserted
knife comes out clean. Remove pie from oven and let cool. Refrigerate for
4 hours. Let stand outside the refrigerator for 30 minutes before
serving.

Instructions for Topping:
  5. Top with whipped cream, caramel and pecans and swirl with a

knife. Slice and serve.