Dulce de Leche Apple Pie
Makes one 9-inch pie, 8 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cool: 1 hour
ingredients
Dough for 2 Pie Crusts (page 28 of Magnolia Table Cookbook) or a store-bought 9-inch double-crust deep-dish pie crust
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) salted butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
5 pounds Honeycrisp, Golden Delicious, and/or Braeburn apples, peeled and thinly sliced (about 12 cups)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup dulce de leche, plus warmed dulce de leche for serving
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon coarse raw (turbinado) sugar
2 pints of vanilla ice cream, for serving
instructions
Lightly dust the counter with flour and roll one dough out to a round 3 1/2 inches larger than a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Transfer the dough to the pie plate and carefully ease it to the edges of the plate. Trim the dough to an even 1/2-inch overhang all around. Transfer it to a baking sheet. Refrigerate it and the lined pie plate until needed.
In a large saucepan, heat the butter over medium-high heat. When foaming, stir in the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. Gently stir in the apples. Cover and cook until the apples begin to soften and the liquid comes to a boil.
Stir in the flour. Continue cooking until the apples are almost tender, 5 to 10 more minutes. Do not let the apples turn soggy or begin to break apart. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Use a slotted spoon to transfer the filling to the pie shell, mounding the apples in the center. Drizzle 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid over the apples. Heat 1/4 cup dulce de leche in the microwave for about 30 seconds until pourable, then drizzle it over the apples.
Cover the pie with the top pastry round, turn under the edges, and crimp closed. Brush the top crust lightly and evenly with the milk and then sprinkle with the raw sugar. Cut six 2-inch slits in the top crust to release steam.
Bake for 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F and continue baking until the crust is deep golden brown and juices bubble through the steam vents, about 45 more minutes. Shield the edge of the crust with foil if it browns too quickly.
Cool to room temperature on a wire rack to set the filling before cutting. (Reheat the pie at 350°F for about 20 minutes if you would like to serve the pie warm.)
Serve at room temperature or warm topped with ice cream and warm dulce de leche.
Cover leftover pie and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.
