This is one of the easiest yet most delicious apple pie recipes! Caramel sauce is poured over the lattice topped pie then baked to a crispy caramel apple perfection!
Prepare the salted caramel sauce recipe and set aside to cool.
Prepare the pie pastry.
While the pastry is chilling, place the apple slices into a large bowl.
Whisk together the cornstarch and the apple pie spice, then sprinkle over the apples in the bowl, tossing to evenly mix the spices throughout.
Roll out half of the pastry to fit a 9-inch pie plate. Carefully place in the pie plate. Unfold gently and let gravity help ease into the pie plate instead of you pulling and pushing on it. Once it's settled, press firmly against the bottom and sides, leaving pastry overhanging the side.
Spoon the apple slice mixture into the bottom of the pie plate.
Roll out the top crust into a 11-inch circle. Cut into 3/4 inch wide strips with a sharp paring knife, pizza cutter or a pastry wheel.
Weave the pastry strips, one at a time, into a lattice pattern on top of the pie filling then fold the ends of the pastry strips under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp to seal.
Pour the now cooled caramel sauce on top of the pie evenly, soaking the top lattice and getting into the apples in the bottom.
Set your oven rack one down from the middle position to help the bottom of the pie bake better.
Preheat your oven to 400 °F.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 350 °F and bake until the crust is golden brown and the apple filling is bubbling, around 30-40 minutes more. If the top is browning too fast, lightly place aluminum foil on top to prevent it from burning. The top caramel will set nicely and crisp up.
The pie is done when you can insert a knife into the apples smoothly (they are soft) and the apple filling is bubbling.
For the best results the pie cool completely before slicing.
Notes
You have to make the lattice crust or the moisture won't evaporate properly and the pie will be too soupy