Disney’s Caramel-Apple Pie

We’re a Disneyland family… all of us! We LOVE Disneyland and about a year ago we talked most all of the rest of my family into a fun weekend trip to Disneyland together!

It’s hard to get so many people in a picture at one time- especially at Disneyland! The photo above has everyone that went along but my sister, Camey (we couldn’t find her at that second).

You can’t miss the World of Color show at California Adventures… it’s amazing! Totally worth the wait (even at this time of year when the evenings get a little chilly).

If you’ve never been to Disneyland in the Fall, you’re in for a big treat! It completely transforms into a magical autumn inspired Kingdom!

You may have noticed all the pins around our necks, it’s one of our favorite parts of Disneyland- Pin Trading!

AND now to introduce you to the star of our show and the littlest one in our family! Little Miss Tessa, my adorable niece…

She stole everyone’s heart that met her, she got to wear her princess dresses all day long, and she’s the center of all of our attention AND rightly so 🙂

Madi and Kate loving the chunky Pooh and Piglet (which ended up being a Christmas surprise)

This time of year you might be lucky enough to see Jack Skeleton out and about… he doesn’t make an appearance very often so we were really excited to snap this picture! Jake’s favorite character…

My bro-in-law, Travis, is a pretty humorous guy and while we were in Disneyland it was his mom’s birthday SO, he snapped a picture with every character we saw holding this sign and then posted them on Facebook all day long… awesome idea, huh 🙂

AND here’s a picture of all our little cousin bugs…inside, waiting for “It’s Tough To Be A Bug” to begin!

You can probably tell that we had a wonderful trip… the weather was perfect, the crowds weren’t bad at all, and we made a lot of fun memories with my family.

AND now back to our easy and delicious Apple Pie…

Yield: 8

Disney's Caramel-Apple Pie

Name: Disney's Caramel-Apple Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Crust:; 1/2 C flour; 1 package refrigerated sugar cookie dough; Filling:; 2 1/4 lbs granny smith apples, approx 4; peeled, cored, sliced in 1/2 inch thick slices; 1/2 C sugar; 1/8 C flour; 1 tsp cinnamon; 3/4 C bottled caramel topping; Topping:; 1 C flour; 1/2 C sugar; 1/2 C brown sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp vanilla; 5 Tbsp butter, cold and cut into small cubes

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

Crust:
1/2 C flour
1 package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Filling:
2 1/4 lbs granny smith apples, approx 4; peeled, cored, sliced in 1/2 inch thick slices
1/2 C sugar
1/8 C flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 C bottled caramel topping
Topping:
1 C flour
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
5 Tbsp butter, cold and cut into small cubes

Instructions

Instructions
Crust: Preheat oven 350 degrees, Spray a 9 inch spring form pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl combine flour and cookie dough, mix on medium-low until combined. Press sugar cookie dough onto sides and bottom of pan, creating a 1/4 thick crust.
Filling: In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and toss with apple slices. Place in pan, pour caramel topping evenly over apples. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes, remove foil, add topping and cook additional 20-25 minutes (uncovered) or until lightly browned crust and topping.
Topping: In mixing bowl, combine flour, sugars, and cinnamon. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or a hand mixer on low, add vanilla, mix. When foil is removed add topping as instructed above.
Cool on rack. Remove sides when ready to serve. Drizzle additional caramel sauce over each slice when served.

* I slightly adapted this recipe from Delicious Disney Cookbook