Quick and Easy Skillet Apple Pie

This “tastes like homemade” apple pie starts with pre-made crust and apple pie filling, for an amazing fall dessert that’s ready in almost no time!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Have you ever been in a pinch and needed an impressive, “tastes-like-homemade”, dessert in a hurry? This Quick & Easy Skillet Apple Pie is the answer.

You start with an entire stick of butter, melted in a skillet and simmered with brown sugar to create a caramel base for the pie. That’s right! The crust and filling go ON TOP of the buttery caramel mixture!

I made this tonight for family and friends. Not only was it ridiculously easy to make, it was delicious! Everyone loved it!!!

Jessica

Sure, it’s a bit unconventional as far as pie making goes. But the results are so amazing, no one is going to care how you did it. They’ll just be glad you did!

You don’t even have to worry too much about getting your top and bottom crusts sealed together. This is supposed to be a rustic looking pie, so don’t be obsessed with perfection.

With the help of prepared pie crust and canned apple pie filling, this sensational skillet dessert is ready to go into the oven in 10 minutes or less.

Thirty minutes later, you’ve got hot, buttery apple pie, ready to be topped with vanilla ice cream. Oh. My. Goodness. This pie is so good! And it goes without saying that serving it up in a skillet somehow makes it taste better.

You could be all fancy and slice it into wedges like a civilized person. But we just pile some ice cream on top, and maybe a bit of caramel sauce, and everyone digs in with a spoon! It’s more fun that way!

Of course, you could make this completely from scratch and it would be amazing. But it’s pretty amazing as is, and like I said, something about baking it in a skillet gives this pie a rustic, made-from-scratch feel.

Honestly, everyone will think you spent hours rolling crust and slicing apples–nobody has to know how easy this is!

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Ingredients

• Butter
• Brown sugar
• Refrigerated pie crusts
• Apple pie filling
• Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Quick & Easy Skillet Apple Pie

This “tastes like homemade” apple pie starts with pre-made crust and apple pie filling, for an amazing fall dessert that’s ready in almost no time!

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Author: Danelle

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Ingredients 

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• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 refrigerated pie crusts
• 1 21 oz. can apple pie filling
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Vanilla ice cream for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Melt butter in a 9-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat. Remove one tablespoon of butter for the top crust.
• Add the brown sugar and stir well. Continue cooking for a few minutes until the mixture just begins to bubble and the sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and lay one pie crust in the skillet, over the melted butter and brown sugar mixture. Spread the apple pie filling evenly over the crust.
• In a small bowl, toss together the white sugar and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon sugar over the apple pie filling.
• Top the filling with the second pie crust, folding the edges over to form a border.
• Brush the top crust with the reserved 1 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon sugar, as desired.
• Cut vents in the center of the pie. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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