We had an apple pie contest at work a few weeks ago. I tried a couple of different recipes that were good but not great before I remembered bookmarking this recipe last year. I did a couple of test runs and made a few minor modifications to the original recipe and ended up with a pretty amazing pie all thanks to a caramel sauce made from Southern Comfort. This is a little more time-consuming than your average pie, but it also doesn’t taste like your average pie, so I think it’s time well spent!

The crust is flaky and buttery, just like a good crust should be, the apples retain their texture and have that amazing spiced caramel sauce and the topping bakes into something that is like a mix between a streusel and a praline. I’d highly recommend serving the pie warm with a scoop of homemade vanilla bean ice cream