Best Apple Pecan Crunch Recipes

APPLE-RASPBERRY CRISP WITH PECAN CRUNCH TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. To make the pecan topping, place the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse until combined. Add the butter pieces and pulse a few times, just until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the pecans and pulse just until they are coarsely chopped.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish.
• 3. To make the fruit filling, in a large bowl, toss the apple slices with the lemon juice. Add the granulated sugar, flour, and cinnamon and stir to combine. Add the apple brandy and butter cubes and toss until combined. Gently toss in the raspberries. Evenly spread the apple mixture in the prepared pan. Sprinkle the pecan topping evenly over the filling.
• 4. Bake the crisp for 40 minutes, or until the fruit is bubbling and the top is browned. Serve warm.

APPLE BUTTER-PUMPKIN PIE W/PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Put pie shell in freezer for 20 minutes. For topping, in medium bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, and nutmeg. Stir in pecans. Set aside. In large bowl, whisk eggs, then beat in pumpkin, apple butter, granulated sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and allspice until blended. Whisk in cream until smooth. Turn filling into pie shell. Bake 45 minutes, or until filling is just set and knife inserted 2" from center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Preheat broiler. Sprinkle topping evenly over pie. Cover edges of crust with foil. Broil 7" from heat for 1-1/2 minutes, or until topping is golden and sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly on wire rack.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Pie Crust: Place all ingredients in a 9 inch pie plate, mix well with hands. Spread out in pie plate.
• 2. Filling: peel and slice apples in to a large bowl Sprinkle 1 teaspoon cinnamon over apple slices and lightly toss. Pour in to your crust.
• 3. Topping: Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Heap over top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes depending on your oven. Topping will be golden brown and apples will be soft but not mushy. Cool for 30 minutes.
• 4. Caramel Drizzle: After pie has cooled for 30 minutes, melt caramels and milk in microwave safe dish, microwave until smooth, keep a close eye on this so you do not over cook, I use 15 second increments, drizzle about half over top of pie, sprinkle with chopped pecans, lightly drizzle remaining caramel over nuts. You can garnish with whole pecans if you like.

APPLE BREAD WITH CINNAMON PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan.
• 2. In large bowl mix together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking powder.
• 3. In medium bowl mix together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and applesauce.
• 4. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until incorporated. Fold in apples and half of the pecans. Combine remaining pecans, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; sprinkle over loaf.
• 5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Invert to remove loaf as soon as possible.
• 6. NOTES To toast pecans just spread them on a baking and pop them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 6 - 8 minutes. Toast them whole and then chop them after they cool. If you don't want to purchase applesauce just substitute 2 more tablespoons of oil.

APPLE PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Place 1 tablespoon butter in oven proof pan, saute apples over medium low heat for 15 minutes, turning occasionally. The apples should be just beginning to soften. While apples are cooking, add pecans and sugar to the food processor, pulse 20-30 times, set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine oats, salt, cinnamon. Add nut mixture to oats. Stir in remaining butter until all ingredients are combined. Mixture should be crumbly. Spoon oat mixture over apples, bake at 350 for 20 minutes until oats are lightly browned.