Greenery Restaurant - Mormon Muffin Recipe

Begin the caramel topping by mixing the condensed milk, ¼ cup of sugar, brown sugar, and Karo syrup together in a large saucepan.
Place on the stove on low heat and stir frequently until it thickens (about 45 min.).
Peel the apples making sure all the skin is off and then core them.
Discard the core and put the apple pieces into a long handled sauce pan.
Put the ½ cup of sugar into the pan of cut apples and add ½ cup of cold water.
Cook on high and stir intermittently with rubber spatula.
Cook until the apples look slightly yellow and glazed but not mushy (about 15 min.).
As the apples cook start the pie dough by placing the flour, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, and salt into a electric mixing bowl and mix on low speed.
Add the shortening and continue to mix on low speed for about 2 min. or until the shortening has cut into the flour.
Slowly add 1/3 cup of a cup of cold water while continuing to mix. Mix the dough until it is soft and pliable. Don't allow it to become sticky.
Sprinkle flour over a 15” area and set pie dough here.
Divide the dough into 2 equal size balls. Shape the balls into a flat circle about 5” in diameter.
Flour the rolling pin and roll each into a flat 13” circle about 3/16” thick.
Place into a glass pie plate and cut the edges of the dough from the edges, leaving ½” of dough extending below the edge of the plate.
The apples should now be done. Pour them into a wire strainer over the sink to drain and then dump them back into the saucepan and set aside.
Now finish the pie filing by putting the canned apple pie filling into the pan of cooked apples and mixing gently.
Scoop the filling into the bottom piecrust and sprinkle cinnamon over the top of the mixture.
Place the top crust onto the pie and cut the edges again so that ½” of dough extends below the edge of the plate.
Fold the top and bottom crusts together, crimping and scalloping the edges with your fingers.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F, and set pie on top rack for 30 min.
While the pie cooks, finish the caramel topping by adding the butter and vanilla to the caramel mixture and stirring it together. Fold in the walnuts.
Remove pie from the oven, let cool and drizzle the caramel topping over the top of the pie.
Enjoy! Yields 1 pie