Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) double crust pie crusts
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 6 cups thinly sliced apples
• 1 (2 1/2 ounce) package caramels, apple circle
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 roll out pastry and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, blend cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 in a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 add apples to cream cheese mixture and stir until apples are evenly coated.
• 8 add brown sugar mixture to apple mixture gradually, stirring after each addition.
• 9 pour half of apple mixture into pastry-lined pie plate.
• 10 place caramel circle over top, and then pour in remaining apple mixture.
• 11 cover with second pastry.
• 12 seal edges and cut steam vent in top.
• 13 sprinkle with coarse/turbinado sugar.
• 14 place pie on baking sheet covered with aluminum foil.
• 15 bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• 16 if you notice over browning after 25 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees f.
• 17 note: turbinado sugar is organic sugar, but you can you regular sugar if you can't find the organic kind.