caramel apple pie

How To Make caramel apple pie

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  Step 1
  Crust: Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together.
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  Step 2
  Cut in the lard to the dry ingredients (preferably with a pastry blender) until you get pea-sized nuggets.
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  Step 3
  Mix the egg and vinegar. Then add ice water up to 1 cup.
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  Step 4
  Mix flour mixture and liquid together with a pastry blender.
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  Step 5
  Create a couple of balls to be rolled out for the crusts.
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  Step 6
  Roll out one of the balls to fit in a 12" cast iron fry pan.
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  Step 7
  Fit the crust into the pan and trim the crust about 1/4" out from the pan edge. Use a fork to poke several holes in the crust bottom.
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  Step 8
  Pie Filling: To make the pie filling, peel the apples. Quarter and core them.
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  Step 9
  Use a food processor to create thin slices of the apples.
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  Step 10
  Use half of the lemon juice on the apple to keep them from turning brown.
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  Step 11
  Mix flour, sugar, and cinnamon together.
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  Step 12
  Take the apple slices and lay out a layer of apples on the bottom of the crust. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the layer of apple slices.
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  Step 13
  Then sprinkle lemon juice and butter over the layer.
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  Step 14
  Next, add 3 more layers of apple slices with the flour mix and juice/butter sprinkled in between each layer.
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  Step 15
  Take about 30 caramel cubes and mash them together into a disk.
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  Step 16
  Place the disk into the center between two sheets of parchment paper (if the caramel disk is a little warm it will be easier to roll out). Using a rolling pin, roll out the caramel into a thin circular layer roughly 12" in diameter.
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  Step 17
  Place the caramel layer over the apples.
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  Step 18
  Add another layer of apples, flour/sugar/cinnamon mix with lemon juice and butter. Repeat the apple layers until all of the apple slices are used.
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  Step 19
  Then make another caramel ball using about 30 to 40 caramel cubes. Roll out the caramel as done previously of sufficient size to cover the apples to extend to the pan edge.
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  Step 20
  Roll out the last crust ball to cover the apples and caramel. Place the crust over the apples and trim the excess crust to the edge of the bottom crust.
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  Step 21
  Seal the crusts together.
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  Step 22
  Use a fork to poke holes in the top crust.
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  Step 23
  Set the oven to 350 degrees and place the pie in the oven and bake for 55 min to an hour.
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