My husband loves the holidays for multiple reasons, but one of the main reasons is because he says that I cook and make foods that I don’t make the other 330 days out of the year. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, he asks, “Why don’t you make this in the summer?”. Holiday baking is my absolute favorite. I like baking for friends, family, potlucks, and Christmas parties. I always make sure to have a yummy baked good to take everywhere that we go. It’s just part of the togetherness of the season. And there’s nothing that supports unity like a little bit of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, apples, and butterscotch. Welcome to our family favorite- Upside Down Butterscotch Apple Pie.
I’ve made several varieties of upside down pies over the years. Upside down pies take a small amount of more effort, but they are a visual ‘wowza’! See the gooey butter-sugar-honey-almond layer in the bottom of the pie pan?
Before baking, the pie looks like any ol’ apple pie, but the end result is anything but ordinary!
- 2 cans apple pie filling
- 1 box of refrigerated pie crusts
- 1/3 cup butterscotch morsels (heaping cup)
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon Land O’ Lakes unsalted butter
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt Land O’ Lakes butter.
- In 9 inch pie pan, combine butter, brown sugar, honey, and almonds. Mix until well combined. Spread evenly in bottom of dish.
- Place one slightly thawed (according to box directions) pie crust over the bottom mixture and up along sides of the pie dish. If any of the crust goes over the lip of the pie pan, cut it off.
- Empty one can of apple pie filling over the bottom crust.
- Empty butterscotch morsels over the apple pie filling.
- Empty second can of apple pie filling over butterscotch morsels.
- Place second pie crust over filling. Cut off any crust overhang and use a fork to press them together. Cut a few slits in the top of the pie.
- Place pie pan on cookie sheet. Place in oven.
- Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature for 350 degrees and cook for 25-30 minutes.
- When taking pie out of oven, run knife along under crust. Invert pie pan onto serving plate.
See the butterscotch oozing out of the pie. Ahh! Mouthwatering!
Land O’ Lakes is my go-to butter choice for recipes. In the past, I always had difficulty finding unsalted butter, but Land O’ Lakes has it available in full sticks AND half sticks. Land O’ Lakes has more awesome recipes in their Holiday GiftGiving Recipe Brochure!
Oooooo YUMMY!! I’m totally pinning this! It looks so good.:)
Melanie, this pie looks divine! Butter makes everything better….especially when baking!
This looks gorgeous and so yummy, Melanie!
Oh, it looks fabulous!! YUM!
Thanks! Let me know if you try it!
Mmm – this looks so delish! I love the addition of butterscotch, almonds….and of course the best part Butter!!!!!
LOOKS amazing Melanie!! Definitely pinning this recipe 🙂
Oh, man!! That sounds SO delicious!!!
Oh this looks absolutely delicious!! Pinned!
Oh my goodness! This looks and sounds AMAZING!!
It is awesome! Happy Thanksgiving!
that looks SO yummy. my little just asked today if we could make butterscotch dessert. so guess what we will be making tomorrow !
Yay! Have fun! Kids will have fun getting messy in the kitchen with this one!
This looks AMAZING!!!!
Thanks! It is just as good as it looks!
Wow! This should be on all the holiday tables this year, it looks delicious! #client
That’s very nice of you to say, Kristy. Thank you!
This looks delicious!!! Thanks for linking it up at Monday Funday!
Oh, wow! That looks delicious!!! <3
This looks so good and like a great comfort food for the holidays. So pretty too 🙂
Oh. My. YUM. Wow – this looks amazing. My Dad and Hubs would devour this. Must try it!!
Um….this sounds FANTASTIC! Butterscotch anything calls my name!
YUM! I love everything about this!!
Oh my gosh, that looks HEAVENLY. I just pinned it to give it a try in the future 🙂
This pie looks amazing!!! I’m going to add it to my baking list for the holiday season!
What a great looking pie! I love the twist on a classic.
This pie looks absolutely delicious…my guys LOVE pie!