Taffy Apple Pie

It's that time of year again.  Apples are cheap and Affy Tapples are filling displays at supermarkets.  As I was walking by a display last weekend, I thought that I can make that into a pie.

Ingredients:
6 large Granny Smith apples
1 lemon
1 cup  + 2 tablespoons of sugar
1/4 cup of water
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup of cream
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of King Arthur Flour's Pie Filling Enhancer
1 cup of chopped peanuts

Directions:
Peel, core and finely slice the apples
Juice the lemon and toss the apples in the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
Add the cup of sugar and the water to a saucepan on medium-high heat.
When the sugar dissolves at the butter.
When the caramel turns coppery, remove from heat.
Immediately add the cream to the caramel while stirring.  Be careful, it will bubble and sputter.
Allow to cool while you finish preparing the apples.
Stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and Pie Filling Enhancer.
Add this mixture and the chopped peanuts to the apples and toss to cover the apples.
Pour the apple mixture into a bottom crust.
Pour the caramel over the apples.
Cover with a top crust and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Do a milk wash on the top crust and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 400oF for 25 minutes.
Reduce the heat to 375oF and continue baking for 30 minutes.
Allow to cool entirely on a wire rack.

I used flour instead of Pie Filling Enhancer and the filling didn't turn out quite right.  Using Pie Filling Enhancer instead of flour will fix that problem.

This pie is delicious!  It tastes exactly like an Affy Tapple.  If eating caramel apples covered in peanuts is your idea of fall, you have found your new favorite pie.  This pie is fun (definitely not as pretentious as a Salted Caramel Apple Pie) and is guaranteed to make you smile.  I'm no orthodontist, but I also think this should also be safe for people with braces.

Piece out!
Justin