Apple Pecan Pie

The perfect holiday pies. Filling features apples, cinnamon and sugar. Topped with a mixture of pecans, quick cooking oats, flour, brown sugar and butter. Pies are baked until bubbly. Serve with caramel ice cream topping.
Ingredients -
Pastry for Double-Crust Pie (9 inches)
1 cup Sugar
1/3 cup All-Purpose Flour
2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Salt
12 cups thinly sliced Tart Apples (about 10 apples)

Topping:
1 cup packed Brown Sugar
1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Quick Cooking Oats
1/2 cup cold Butter
1/2 to 1 cup chopped Pecans
1/2 cup Caramel Ice Cream Topping

 
Preparation:

1. Preheat oven at 375 F.

2. Place the 2 pie crusts in 9-inch glass pie plates.

3. Trim and flute edges decoratively. Set aside.

4. In large bowl, combine sugar, all-purpose flour, cinnamon and salt.

5. Add apples to flour mixture. Toss to coat. Spoon apple pie mixture into pie crusts.

6. In medium bowl, combine brown sugar with all-purpose flour, and oats.

7. Cut in butter with fork until crumbly.

8. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over apples.

9. Cover edges loosely with foil.

10. Bake 25 minutes. Remove foil from pie crust edges.

11. Bake additional 30 minutes or until filling is bubbly.

12. Allow pie to cool at least 10 minutes.

13. Sprinkle top with pecan pieces and drizzle with caramel ice cream topping.

 



Cooking Tip
Double Boilers
Use a double boiler to heat eggs slowly. The slow heating gives the eggs a chance to heat to the desired temperature and retain their liquid form.

Baking Tips
Hand Held Mixers
Hand held mixers are more than adequate for most recipes calling for a stand up mixer. Unless the recipe is adamant, the hand held will do the job, although it may take a few seconds longer.