Crunchy Carmel Apple Pie

This is a favorite because it is so rich!! I often increase the amount of carmel drizzled on top to really make it spectacular.

Ingredients
1 pastry crust for a deep dish pie 9 inch
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbsp all purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
6 cups thinly sliced peeled apples (golden delicious or fiji works well)
1 recipe crumb topping (see below)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup carmel topping

Ingredients for crumb topping
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1/2 cup butter

Directions for crumb topping
Stir together brown sugar, flour and oats. Cut in butter until topping is like coarse crumbs. Set aside.

Directions for pie
In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Add apple slices and gently toss until coated. Transfer apple mixture in the pie shell. Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture. Place pie on a cookie sheet to protect oven. Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil. Bake in preheated 375 oven for 25 minutes. Then remove foil and put back in oven for another 25 to 30 minutes without foil. Remove from oven. Sprinkle pie with chopped pecans and then drizzle with caramel sauce. Cool on rack and enjoy at room temperature.