Recipe - Caramel Topped Apple Pie

5 One half cup Peeled; cut or sliced up tart apples
2 pound )
One fourth cup Water
Unbaked 9" pastry shell
Three fourths cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
One half cup Chopped pecans
1/3 cup Butter or margarine; melted
One half pound Vanilla caramels *
One half cup Milk

* Make this pie with the popular cellophanewrapped caramels sold in
supermarkets, or try candyshop or gourmet caramels, if you like.

In a 3 to 4quart pan, combine apples and water. Bring to a boil; boil for
1 minute, then pour into a 10 by 15inch rimmed baking pan to cool
quickly. When cool, spoon apples into pastry shell.

Combine sugar, cracker crumbs, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans, and butter;
sprinkle over apples. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes. Reduce oven
temperature to 350, continue to bake until apples are tender when pierced,
20 more minutes.

Meanwhile, combine caramels and milk in the top of a double boiler. Stir
over simmering water until melted and smooth. Pour caramel sauce over pie;
continue to bake until caramel just begins to bubble at pie edges, about 10
more minutes. Let cool.

Preparation Time: About 35 minutes (includes 10 minutes for sauce) Baking
Time: About 40 minutes Cooling Time: About 30 minutes Per Serving: 420
calories, 4 grams protein, 66 grams carbohydrate, 17 grams total fat, 2
milligrams cholesterol, 180 milligrams sodium.

NOTES: I have wondered if a caramel ice cream topping would work just as
well, however, I have not tried substituting.

From The Best of Sunset cookbook pg. 269