Caramelized Maple Apple Pie With Candied Bacon Crumble

Serves: 6

Leola Gaylord

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

41

Sweetness

42

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Butter

1 cup

Maple Syrup

1 cup

Brown Sugar

1 pinch

Salt

1 tbsp

White Sugar

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)

2

Place bacon on a baking sheet and sprinkle 1 tablespoon brown sugar over the top

3

Bake in the preheated oven until crisp, 10 to 20 minutes

4

Line a 9-inch springform pan with pie crust pastry; refrigerate

5

Combine apples and lemon juice in a bowl and toss to coat

6

Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; add maple syrup and 1/3 cup brown sugar

7

Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer until mixture is reduced by half, about 5 minutes

8

Carefully add apples and stir well to coat

9

Cook until apples just start to soften and get a bit of color on them, about 5 minutes

10

Return the apples to the bowl leaving behind the sweet syrup

11

Stir vinegar into sweet syrup; simmer until syrup is reduced and consistency of maple syrup, about 5 minutes

12

Carefully pour syrup over the apples

13

Cool for 10 minutes

14

Combine flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup unsalted butter, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor; pulse until crumbly

15

Break bacon into pieces, add to food processor, and pulse until combined with the crumble

16

Tip apples into the pie crust in the springform pan

17

Fold dough over part of the apple filling to form an edge

18

Crimp the edges between your fingers

19

Top the apple filling with the crumble

20

Brush crust with cream and top with white sugar

21

Bake pie in the preheated oven until the juices bubble and the crust is deeply golden, about 1 hour

22

If the crust starts to brown too quickly turn the oven down to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)