Dutch Oven Caramel Apple Pie

Ingredients

Crust:
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 2/3 C butter flavored Crisco
1/2 - 1 C cold water

Filling:
8-10 Fuji apples, peeled and slice
1 1/2 C sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup corn starch
3 T butter

Egg Wash:
1 egg
1 tsp water

Caramel Butter Sauce:
1 C butter
1/3 C brown sugar
1/3 C corn syrup
1/3 C sweetened condensed milk

Directions
Crust: Place parchment paper in bottom of a 12 inch Lodge Dutch oven.  Combine flour and salt.  Cut in the shortening until pieces are the size of small peas.  Stir in enough cold water until the dough forms a ball.  Let the dough chill and rest while mixing the filling.

Filling: In a large bowl, combine sugar, spices and cornstarch.  Combine sliced apples with sugar mixture.  Let this mixture stand to blend flavors.  After filling is placed in crust, dot apples with butter before sealing top crust.

Bake pie with 14 coals on bottom and 12 coals on top for about 60 minutes or at 325 degrees for 90-120 minutes.  Rotate oven and lid often to insure even browning but do not remove lid until you are checking for doneness.  Brush top crust with egg wash during last 10 minutes of baking time.  When pie is browned, remove from heat and allow to cool.  While pie is cooling make the caramel sauce.

To remove pie from oven, 2 people lift edges of parchment paper, lifting pie with the paper.  Remove paper.  Drizzle sauce on pie and serve with ice cream.