Hungry Sunday: Crunchy Caramel Apple Pie

This is an amazing apple pie recipe that my former boss gave me. It's like, apple pie meets apple crisp. SOOOOOO good!

Crunchy Caramel Apple Pie
Ingredients:1 pastry crust for a deep-dish pie 9-inch (homemade or store-bought)
½ cup sugar
3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
6 cups thinly sliced peeled apples
1 recipe crumb topping (see below)
½ cup chopped pecans (optional)
¼ cup caramel topping

Ingredients for Crumb Topping:
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup quick-cooking rolled oats
½ cup butter

Directions for Crumb Topping:1. Stir together brown sugar, flour, and rolled oats.
2. Cut in ½ cup butter until topping is like coarse crumbs. Set aside.

Directions for Pie:
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Add apple slices and gently toss until coated.
4. Transfer apple mixture to the pie shell.
5. Place pie on a cookie sheet so the drippings don’t make a mess in the oven.
6. Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture.
7. Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil.
8. Bake for 25 minutes, then remove foil, and bake for another 25-30 minutes.
9. Remove from oven. Sprinkle pie with chopped pecans, then drizzle with caramel on top.
10. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy warm or at room temperature.