Caramel Apple Crumble Pie — 🍎🍏🍁 Apple pie meets apple crumble in this FAST and EASY caramel apple crumble pie recipe thanks to using frozen pie crust and doctored up apple pie filling to save you time! This apple pie is dense, rich, and is packed with caramel apple flavor! Perfect for fall entertaining, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime you need a FUN and DELICIOUS twist on apple pie!
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Easy Caramel Apple Crumble Pie Recipe
I love the heartiness, chewiness, and texture that oats lend to apple crumbles, and my goal for this caramel apple pie was to be more like an apple crumble than just another plain old apple pie. There was nothing plain about this.
I poured the filling into a frozen pie crust straight from the freezer without even thawing it, and filled it right up to the brim.
For the almost one hour that the pie baked, my house smelled like a bakery from the pie crust and oats, as well as a fragrant apple orchard. And the cinnamon-sugar and buttery caramely scents wafting were aromatherapy torture because all I wanted to do was dive into my oven.
Between the flour and oats, brown sugar and cinnamon, I got my wish for apple-pie-meets-apple-crumble.
This apple pie with crumb topping has apple crumble tendencies with streusel-like texture and warm cinnamon-sugar notes, yet it’s all contained in a neat and tidy pie crust package, perfect to catch the sweet juices released from the apples as they bake.
If you ever need a quick pie to make, with less than 5 minutes of active work time, and that yields luscious and rich results, this is the one.
Ingredients for Caramel Apple Crumble Pie
To make this apple and caramel crumb pie, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Egg
- Granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Spices
- Salt
- All-purpose flour
- Rolled oats
- Canned apple pie filling
- Frozen pie crust (or homemade pie crust if you’re up for it)
- Salted caramel sauce
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Caramel Apple Crumble Pie
To make this apple and caramel crumb pie recipe, simply follow these basic steps.
- You’ll first need to melt the butter. Then stir in the egg.
- Add in the sugars, vanilla, spices, and salt and whisk until combined.
- Add the flour and oats, followed by the apple pie filling.
- Pour the mixture into the frozen pie crust and bake until golden on top and the filling is set.
- You’ll need to let this apple crumble pie rest for 30 minutes before slicing and serving it.
I highly recommend topping it with a drizzle of caramel sauce and a scoop of ice cream!
Pie Making FAQs
You could of course make your own pie crust, as well as peel and core your own apples for the filling. In that case, you’d essentially need to follow my classic apple pie recipe to make the apple pie filling, then use your best judgement when adding the crumble topping and baking using this recipe.
No, neither quick cook nor instant oats will work in this apple pie with crumb topping. You must use rolled oats (aka old-fashioned oats).
I’ve only made this caramel apple pie using canned apple pie filling, but now I’m curious to make this with canned peach pie filling, canned cherry pie filling, and more. However, since I’ve not yet tried those variations myself I can’t say for sure if they’ll work with this recipe.
When adding the spices to this apple pie with crumb topping, I made sure to use the spices in enough quantity so that they’d pop and complement the dish, rather than just getting lost. With that said, you’re welcome to alter the amount of spices you add to this apple crumble pie to suit your own tastes.
Storage and Reheating Instructions
In the fridge: Pie should be kept covered and will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
In the freezer: You can freeze the entire pie once it’s cooled or slice and freeze portions individually. To freeze apple pie, wrap it in a few layers of plastic wrap, then a layer of aluminum foil. To thaw the pie, set it in your fridge overnight.
To reheat: Warm individual slices in the microwave for 30-second intervals.
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Caramel Apple Crumble Pie
Ingredients
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, loosely measured
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt, optional and to taste
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole rolled old-fashioned oats, not quick cook or instant
- 21 ounces canned apple pie filling, I used Comstock More Fruit Cinnamon ‘n Spice Apple filling
- 1 9-inch frozen pie crust, or make your own using your favorite recipe
- caramel sauce or caramel ice cream topping, optional but recommended for drizzling*
- ice cream or whipped topping, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
- Allow the butter to cool momentarily so you don’t scramble the egg; then add the egg, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, salt, and whisk to combine until batter is smooth (All spices and salt should be added to taste and use what you have on hand; omitting what you don’t have and mixing and matching with other spices such as ginger or pumpkin pie spice is okay).
- Add the flour, oats, and stir to incorporate. Fold in the apple pie filling.
- Pour filling mixture into frozen pie crust (I didn’t bother pre-thawing it)and lightly smooth filling with a spatula. It’s okay to fill pie crust up nearly to the brim; I did and it did not overflow. As insurance, place pie crust on a baking tray so if it does overflow a bit, it won’t pool in the bottom of the oven.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until top has just set and is not jiggly, and is golden. I baked mine for about 54 minutes and when I took it out of the oven, the filling had risen and was a bit domed and puffed, and as pie cooled, the dome sank and it flattened out.
- Allow pie to cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving. Prior to serving, optionally drizzle with caramel sauce or serve with ice cream.
Notes
- *For the caramel sauce, you can use store-bought, or make your own. My favortie caramel sauce recipes are: The Best and Easiest Salted Caramel Sauce, Dark Rum Caramel Sauce, and Vanilla Caramel Glaze.
- Pie should be kept covered and will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. I prefer refrigerating it rather than keeping it at room temperature and I store my pie inside a large two-gallon sized plastic food storage bag in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally published November 2012. Republished October 9, 2019 and republished September 20, 2024 with updated text.
I made it today and it overflowed and turned out cakey, not like a pie. Your pre-bake photo looks more liquid than mine did when I poured it. What on earth could I have done wrong?! I checked all my measurements.. I plan on making for Thanksgiving so I made this one as a test. Did you really use that much flour? I guess I am kinda freaking out! Lol
I made the recipe exactly as I wrote it. I think if yours overflowed and was raw-sounding, you should either scale back on how much filling you’re pouring in OR use a bigger pie shell. Look for pie shells that say ‘deep dish’ on them, that will buy you a bit extra room. LMK how the next round goes.
Any ideas on how to adapt this recipe, so that fresh, sliced or diced apples could be used?
You could probably make your own scratch apple pie filling using sliced apples and then proceed with the rest of my recipe with the crumble, etc.
Hi. I despise canned apple pie filling so I am also interested in making homemade apple filling. I am wondering if you or anyone has done it and how it turned out. Thanks!
I love , love , love this recipe! I use it as much as I can , it’s that good!
That’s great to hear! Thanks for letting me know it’s a repeat hit for you!
The links (for the Dark Rum Caramel sauce & the Vanilla Caramel glaze) didn’t work. Said “This webpage is unavailable” for each link.
I updated the links. If you’re looking for my favorite caramel sauce recipe, it’s this one. https://www.averiecooks.com/the-best-and-easiest-homemade-salted-caramel-sauce/