Apple Crisp with Sea Salt Caramel
Caramel Ingredients:
Topping Ingredients:
Apple filling:
-For the caramel:Stir the water and sugar together in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Whisk constantly as the sugar melts. It will darken a bit in color. Whisk in the sea salt and the heavy
cream. The mixture will start to foam and bubble. Continue to whisk and it will calm down. Stir in
the butter and vanilla. Whisk until the caramel is smooth. Turn off the heat and set aside.
-For the topping: melt the butter in your microwave in a medium bowl for 30 seconds on HIGH. It's
okay if the butter is not completely melted. Stir in the remaining topping ingredients--the flour, brown
sugar and white sugar. It will resemble coarse crumbs.
-Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
-Reserve about 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce for drizzling over your apple crisp after it has baked.
-Assemble the apple crisp: Core, peel and thinly slice your apples. Arrange half of the apples in the
bottom of a 2-quart baking dish. Pour half of the remaining (not the reserved) caramel sauce over
the apples. Top with the remaining apple slices. Pour the remaining caramel sauce over the apples.
Spread the crumb topping evenly over the top of the apples.
-Bake the apple crisp in your preheated 350-degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes. When it's done the
top of the apple crisp will be all crunchy and bubbly, and the apples should be soft and easy to
pierce with a toothpick.