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Salted Caramel Apple Galette
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Fresh juicy apples, salted caramel, cozy fall spices and a homemade buttery pie crust come together to make the tastiest galette you’ll ever have. This salted caramel apple galette gives you all the flavor of apple pie with a fraction of the work.
Salted Caramel Apple Galette
If you like caramel apples, say hello to your new favorite dessert. These easy salted caramel galette is made with a buttery homemade pie crust, loaded up with perfectly spiced, salted caramel apple filling. So, you get all the flavor of apple pie with a fraction of the effort. And if there’s one thing I love in a dessert it’s a dessert that looks beautiful, but is sneaky way easier to make.
Work smarter not harder, my friends.
What is a salted caramel apple galette
We gave our tried and true apple galette a little pizzazz with a healthy serving of homemade salted caramel sauce. You’ll toss your chopped apples with salted caramel sauce and the perfect blent of cozy fall spices, wrap it all up in a buttery pie crust and bake it off. Then you will obviously serve your salted caramel apple galette with vanilla ice cream and MORE caramel drizzled on top. And then you will be the happiest you have ever been.
What ingredients will you need to make this apple galette?
You’ll need a fair amount of ingredients to make this salty-sweet fall galette, but it’s well worth it for the incredible flavor combination. And most of the ingredients you’ll need are standard baking ingredients like butter, sugar, and spices. Here’s your shopping list.
- Pie Crust
- Apples
- Unsalted Butter
- Heavy Cream
- Granulated Sugar
- Salt
- Ground Cinnamon
- Ground Cloves
- Ground Ginger
- Ground Nutmeg
- Egg
What kind of apples should you use for this salted caramel apple galette?
We recommend using a mix of different apples for the most varied deep apple flavor. Tarter, cooking apples like granny smith and sweeter flavors pair together to make a well balanced apple flavor! This will ensure that some of the apples remain tart and crisp while others will break down into a jammy, cinnamon-sugar dream. For the sweeter apples you can use whatever you have on hand: gala, honey crisp, pink lady, envy…any kind will do.
Our tips for the best homemade caramel:
Don’t be scared of this recipe if you’ve never made homemade caramel–we gotcha covered with a full step by step breakdown you can find here! Once you get the hang of it making caramel is straightforward and almost dangerously easy to make. I almost always have a batch in the fridge. You know…for emergencies. Here are our top tips to guarantee you perfect homemade caramel every time.
- Use high quality butter: You’re only as good as your ingredients and with caramel your butter quality can really make or break your sauce. This is one time when it’s a good idea to splurge on that box that’s a few dollars more expensive.
- Never leave your caramel sauce unattended: To make caramel sauce you essentially toast white sugar until it’s melted, before adding in butter, cream, and salt. Your sugar can go from toasty to burnt pretty quickly though, so make sure you keep a close eye on it!
- Don’t forget the salt! Caramel is simply too sweet without it. A healthy amount of salt really deepens the flavor profile and will keep your caramel from tasting overly sweet.
Happy baking, my friends!
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Print- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 servings
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
Salted Caramel Apple Galette
Fresh juicy apples, salted caramel, cozy fall spices and a homemade buttery pie crust come together to make the tastiest galette you’ll ever have. This salted caramel apple galette gives you all the flavor of apple pie with a fraction of the work.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 servings
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
Ingredients
for the salted caramel sauce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
for the apple galette
- 1 pie crust (can use storebought or homemade!
- 3 apples, peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup caramel sauce (that you made above!)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 1 egg, for egg wash
Instructions
- First, make the salted caramel sauce. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, heat the sugar on medium low heat until its completely melted, swirling the pan gently every 20 seconds or so. The sugar will start to form clumps before melting slowly. Be patient and keep an eye on it to make sure it does not burn.
Once melted, remove from heat immediately and stir in the butter. The mixture will violently bubble. You’re doing it right. - Next, pour in the heavy cream and the salt. Stir until everything is combined. Pour 1/3 cup of the salted caramel into a large bowl (you’ll add the apples to it later, so make sure it’s big enough!) and place the rest of it in an airtight container. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle a work surface with flour. Roll out your pie crust into a 12-inch circle. Place dough onto prepared baking tray. Place a 9-inch cake pan in the center of the circle and press down ever so slightly. This will create an indentation to show exactly how far out to place your apples!
- Peel and core your apples. Cut them in half, then slice the halves into thin slices. Add the apples, spices, and salt to the bowl with the 1/3 cup of caramel. Use a wooden spoon (or your hands if you’re not afraid to get messy) to stir everything together until evenly coated.
- Transfer the apple to the center of your galette, arranging them however you desire. Lift the edges of the dough over the apples, folding every 3-4 inches as you go around.
- Mix egg with 1 tablespoon water and brush over crust. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the apples are soft and the crust is golden brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream!
I’m enjoying a slice of this amazing and tasty Salted Caramel Apple Galette with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream while writing this review. It’s very simple to make. I never made caramel sauce in my lifetime and it turned out great. I appreciate you sharing this recipe, Sarah and looking forward to making it again!!! 🥰🥰
can i freeze it after i bake it?
I’ve never tried freezing this, but I do think you could! To heat it back up I would put in the oven for 10 minutes to get it crispy again!
This look succulent
I advise you to do the same as a crepe, it’s delicious!