The reason that I was so enthusiastic about making the dulce de leche was that I had recently seen this recipe for a dulce de leche apple pie on The Cooking Photographer that looked so good. Caramel and apples go so well together and with the thought of a caramely dulce de leche apple pie there was no way that I could resist making it! With so many apples at the farmers market these days it was the perfect time to make the pie and I used a mixture of different types of those wonderful varieties of apples. This pie was pretty easy to make with you only needing to mix the apples, dulce de leche and a few other ingredients, assembling the pie and baking it. The hardest part is waiting for the pie to finish baking and then letting it cool while you are intoxicated with its heavenly aroma. The dulce de leche turned out amazingly well and it was very tempting to have seconds of dessert each night! The dulce de leche and apple flavour combination is just as good as the caramel and apple combo and I look forward to using this combo again! Of course I served the dulce de leche apple pie with a scoop of melting vanilla ice cream.
Dulce de Leche Apple Pie
ingredients
- 6 cups of apples (cored, peeled and sliced)
- 1/2 cup dulce de leche
- 2 tablespoons apple cider
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 2 pie crusts
- 1 egg white mixed with 1 teaspoon of water
directions
- Toss the apples in the dulce de leche, cider and vanilla,
- Mix the sugars, cornstarch, spices and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients.
- Fit one of the pie crusts into a 9 inch pie plate and pour the apples in.
- Fit the remaining pie crust on top and brush with the egg white mixture.
- Cover with foil and bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven for 40 minutes.
- Reduce to 375F/190C, remove the foil and bake until golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.
- Let cool completely.
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VeggieGirl says
November 29, 2009 at 10:14 pmThat slice has my name on it! Yum.
Living the fit life. says
November 30, 2009 at 12:35 amThis looks beautiful and delicious!
Hungry Dog says
November 30, 2009 at 1:13 amSounds incredible. Homemade dulce de leche? Good grief, that sounds divine.
Allison Arevalo says
November 30, 2009 at 3:04 amWow! This seriously looks out of this world! What kinds of apples did you use? There are almost too many kinds to chose from – I'm not sure what to pick. Thanks for the recipe!
mara says
November 30, 2009 at 4:24 amThat sounds like a great way to change up apple pie. I will have to keep that in mind…
Nina Timm says
November 30, 2009 at 6:41 amI find the additions of apple cider quite interesting……another great pie recipe!!!
Rachael says
November 30, 2009 at 7:41 amOh my! I JUST made some cajeta today for the candy on my blog and I'm sure it would work great in this recipe instead of the dulce de leche! Thanks a ton Kevin!
Joanne says
November 30, 2009 at 11:13 amI'm pretty sure I would not be able to resist seconds! This looks amazing.
Mommy's Kitchen says
November 30, 2009 at 12:18 pmThis looks so pretty and so good. I love dulce de leche. I made a cheesecake for Thanksgiving using it.
Ben says
November 30, 2009 at 1:02 pmI had a similar pie this past weekend, but yours sound a lot better.
Anncoo says
November 30, 2009 at 1:10 pmCan I have one slice, please?
Aparna says
November 30, 2009 at 1:44 pmMyust say that apple pie looks even more delicious with the dulche leche!
Time to make apple pie, I'm thinking.
Dawn says
November 30, 2009 at 3:11 pmGood Lord Kevin you kill me. My stars.
James says
November 30, 2009 at 3:16 pmDelicious isn't it! Takes the humble apple pie to a new level. Started making these a couple of months ago for a restaurant. Rather than boiling the condensed milk in the tin I boil up 3.15kg condensed milk, 750g dark brown sugar & 750g butter. That's enough for 96 people though – you probably want to convert it to US/ Canadian measurments & scale it down 🙂
Only found the essential addition of cornflour a couple of weeks ago – soaks up the juice from the apples as the pie cooks.
Jenn@slim-shoppin says
November 30, 2009 at 7:05 pmI had no idea that dulce de leche was just condensed milk that had simmered for a long time!
That looks fantastic!
Faith says
November 30, 2009 at 7:11 pmThis sounds like a fantastic combination! I'm going to check out your dulce de leche recipe!
Cakebrain says
November 30, 2009 at 7:33 pmyum! the apple pie looks fantastic!
pigpigscorner says
November 30, 2009 at 9:05 pmGreat use of dulce de leche! Looks amazing!
The Duo Dishes says
November 30, 2009 at 9:56 pmYes, this would be the one to win over everybody!
meaghan says
November 30, 2009 at 10:08 pmThis looks wonderful!
I've been craving apple pie… did you find the dulce de leche overly sweet? I like desserts, but don't usually like things that are REALLY really sweet.
I imagine that the tartness of the apples would help to balance it?
Another great post, Kevin!
Kevin says
December 1, 2009 at 12:22 amAllison Arevalo: I uses some spies and some honey crisp apples in this apple pie.
meaghan: I did not find it overly sweet. You are right the the tart and juicy apples balanced the sweetness of the dulce de leche nicely.
Culinary Cory says
December 1, 2009 at 3:18 amI LOVE apple pies. They are totally my favorite dessert.
The Cooking Photographer says
December 1, 2009 at 5:36 amKevin I didn't realize you made this pie! Thank-you!
Laura
lollie8888 says
December 1, 2009 at 3:52 pmDavid Lebowitz makes dulce de leche in the oven – no scary boiling a can stove top for me. I cant wait to make this pie!
Rookie Bebe says
December 2, 2009 at 2:07 ammy can of milk is almost done simmering and I'm preparing to make the pie. CAN'T WAIT! I will write again and let you know how it turns out.
Jaime says
December 2, 2009 at 4:30 amI LOVE caramel and apples – what a delicious looking pie!
Rookie Bebe says
December 2, 2009 at 1:35 pmThe dulce and pie are two of the most delicious foods I've ever made. Thank you!
Leigh Ann says
December 2, 2009 at 5:31 pmI've been looking for a recipe to use my dulce de leche in, and I LOVE apple pie… can't wait to try it! It looks great.
RecipeGirl says
December 3, 2009 at 5:48 pmI made this recipe for a pie contest and got the grand prize 🙂
The Bella Life says
December 3, 2009 at 10:27 pmMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm my mouth is watering.
~Camberley
Peter M says
December 10, 2009 at 10:01 amKevin, Dulce de Leche alone would satisfy me. A great apple pie.
Azusa says
December 12, 2009 at 6:53 amThis looks amazing! I'm more of a crust person, so I'm thinking of making a slab pie and using this as a filling. Thanks for the sharing!
The Purple Foodie says
December 12, 2009 at 5:21 pmNever thought of putting ddl with apple pie! brilliant idea – going to remember this one.:)
Vintage Kitchen Notes says
February 17, 2012 at 1:18 amHere in buenos aires we eat apples with dollops of dulce de leche. Banana slices also. It´s an easy dessert that´s been around for ages.
Should try banana cream pie with a layer of dulce de leche..
thesweetestpea says
November 20, 2013 at 10:15 amI made this pie a few weeks ago and we really liked it. I used the canned dulce de leche by Nestle and used the remaining stirred into my coffee and on some vanilla gelato. I used Cortland apples.