CARAMEL APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Butter baking dish
• For the topping:
• Pulse together flour, sugar, butter, salt, and extracts in a food processor until some large clumps form.
• Set aside 1/4 cup for filling and transfer remaining topping to a bowl. Stir in almonds.
• For the filling:
• Cook sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until sugar is melted into a deep-golden caramel.
• Remove from heat and carefully add apple juice, butter, and salt (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
• Put apples in a large bowl and toss with reserved topping mixture and caramel, then spread in baking dish. (Dish will be very full.)
• Scatter clumps of topping over apples, squeezing small handfuls of topping into clumps when necessary.
• Bake until apples are tender and top is golden and crisp, about 1 hour. Cool to warm or room temperature.