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Caramel Apple Crisp

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Ingredients
  

Topping:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour or use 1 cup of "CUP4CUP" gluten free brand
  • ¼ cup + 1 T. granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 6 T. butter softened

Filling:

  • ½ tsp. cornstarch
  • 3 tsp. lemon juice
  • 3 lbs of apples cored/peeled/diced into 1/2 inch pieces, I used Honeycrisp & Granny Smith
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • pinch ground cinnamon

Salted Caramel

  • ½ bag Kraft caramels unwrapped
  • 2 T. heavy cream
  • Pinch sea salt coarse flakes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease 8×8 or decorative pan with butter.

Filling:

  • Mix the cornstarch, lemon juice, apples, sugar & cinnamon. Let sit.

Topping:

  • Mix the flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, vanilla and butter in a bowl until you can form crumbs with fingers.
  • Put the apple mixture into the pan and cover with foil.
  • Put the topping on a cookie sheet lined with parchment.
  • Bake both the filling pan and the sheet with crumbs for 15 minutes.
  • After 15 mins, remove the foil from the filling.
  • Also, take out the topping and break it up with a spatula.
  • Carefully dump the crumbs on the filling and bake uncovered for about 30 minutes.

Caramel

  • Microwave caramel and cream until smooth. Drizzle over apple crisp after it has cooled a bit. Sprinkle with sea salt.
  • Serve a la mode!!