Brown Butter Caramel Apple Pie

Peel and slice apples. add everything to a large bowl and mix together. Set aside and brown your butter.

Brown the butter on medium heat. Once the butter is browned add in vanilla. Then add in half of the cut apples. Make sure to get as much of the apple juices at the bottom of the bowl as possible. Cook apples till tender. Add in the flour, corn starch and spices and stir till thickened. take off heat and add in the rest of the apples and all the juices. stir all together in your pan and allow to cool to room temp.

To a large bowl add in flour, salt and sugar. mix together. Toss in cubed butter. Working it into the flour with your hands still you have a mixture of pea sized pieces and nickel sized pieces. Add in 3 TBSP ice water and 1/2 TBSP of AC vinegar. mix together. If the dough looks too dry add a little ore water. you are looking for a shaggy dough. When you press it together will it hold a shape? If so dump out on to a cold surface and fold on to itself about 3-4 times. form into a disk shape and divide into two equal pieces. you will get two 9" pie crusts from this recipe. chill dough in the fridge for at least an hour. give it time to get nice and cold again before hand. You can also make this ahead of time and store in fridge for a week or in freezer for up to 3 months.

Preheat oven to 425 f. While oven is warming up, roll out dough on a cold and floured surface. Roll the dough out to about 12" diameter. This gives you enough crust to create a lattice or a closed pie top. Transfer pie crust to a 9" pie pan. Press lightly into the pan so that no air bubbles form. Allow pie crust to hang over edges of pie pan. Add cooked apples and caramel sauce to the crust. Top it with the remaining crust and crimp the crust together. You will start by trimming the excess crust to about a half inch wider than the pan. Grabbing both bottom and top crust roll it under itself and crimp the finger and knuckle method. I show this process on Instagram so be sure to check there if you need it.

Lower over temp to 350 f (180 c) and lower the wire rack to the middle of the oven. Place pie in the center of the rack and bake for 20-25 minutes. Add a pie ring or foil to the outer edges and allow to cook for another 25 minutes or till the crust is golden brown and the apples are bubbling.

Allow to cool and serve with ice cream. Enjoy