Decided to step up the Thanksgiving apple pie this year, and what a step up it was!

1 pie crust, homemade or store bought (I used a Marie Calendar’s frozen one)

filling

6 – 7 cups peeled and sliced Granny Smith apples

1/2 lemon, juiced

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

topping

1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) butter

1/2 cup flour

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup quick oats

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup pecans, chopped

1/2 – 1 jar caramel topping

1  Preheat oven to 375.  Place pie crust on baking sheet.

2  For filling, mix all filling ingredients together.

3  For topping, cut butter into flour with pastry cutter or two knives then add in brown sugar, oats and salt.

4  Spoon apples filling into pie crust then top with topping.  Bake 1 hour, covering with foil if crust browns too quickly.  After an hour, sprinkle pecans over pie and bake for 5 more minutes.

5  Remove from pie and pour caramel topping over top.

recipe from Food Network