Grammy's Kitchen · Apple Pie · Salted Caramel Apple Pie
One of 64 apple pie recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
It ranks #1 of 64 for bottom crispness among the apple pie recipes we compared. 45 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 64.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 14% |
| liquid | 0% | 3% |
| total sugar | 0% | 54% |
| egg | 0% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| Homemade Pie Crust or All Butter Pie Crust (both recipes make 2 crusts, 1 for bottom and 1 for top) | |
| 290 g | 1 cup (290g) salted caramel sauce, divided (I recommend my homemade salted caramel) |
| 1250 g | 10 cups (1250g) 1/4-inch-thick apple slices (about 8 large peeled and cored apples)* |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar |
| 15 g | 1 Tablespoon (15ml) fresh lemon juice |
| 31 g | 1/4 cup (31g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled) |
| 4 g | 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice OR ground cloves (either is fine) |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| egg wash: 1 large egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon (15ml) milk | |
| optional: coarse sugar for sprinkling on crust |
Method: 10 steps, published by sallysbakingaddiction.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I used Sally’s recipe for pie crust and then her crumb apple pie topping and this was a HUGE hit on Thanksgiving! There were words like addictive being thrown around. The salted caramel initially intimidated me but it turned out amazing and I selfishly hid the” — a cook, 5.0★
“I have been preparing this pie for Thanksgiving for many years. Everyone truly enjoys it! It may not always appear as visually appealing as the pictures, but its taste is consistently phenomenal.” — a cook, 5.0★