Name: Easy Apple Galette with Caramel Drizzle
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 large egg; 1 Tablespoon water; 1 teaspoon spicy chocolate cinnamon sugar (or substitute 1 teaspoon sugar + 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, combined); 2 Tablespoons caramel ice cream topping, at room temperature or warmed; 2 large granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thin; 3 Tablespoons sugar; 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 sheet refrigerated pie dough

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If you like apple pie, you’re going to love this easy apple galette with caramel sauce drizzled on top. It’s so much quicker and easier to make than a pie, and it starts with refrigerated pie dough, freshly cut apples, and cinnamon sugar to make it come alive with flavor. Make it for any fall get-together or casual dinner party.

apple galette with caramel drizzled on top, on parchment paper.

When you want a delicious and easy dessert, look no further than this rustic apple galette drizzled with caramel topping. It’s excellent served warm from the oven, with vanilla ice cream!

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Why You’ll Love It

It’s perfect for a fall dinner party menu when you want to serve comfort food.
It’s so much easier to make than an apple pie but you still get all the flavors, making it quick and simple for the host! It’s a fantastic variation to our apple-berry galette recipe.
If you’re like me and you don’t love baking, this is the recipe for you. It’s so simple to prepare, even I enjoy making it!

Serve this dessert for an apple themed shower, a fall themed gathering, or a fall picnic.

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The recipe was inspired by Taste of Home cookbook, but I adjusted it to make it easier for the busy hostess.

Ingredients

Refrigerated pie dough. Use the rolls that come in the tube. You’ll need one roll for this recipe, or double the ingredients and make two galettes.
Granny Smith apples. These work best because the tartness balances the sweet ingredients, plus they’re firm and cook to a great texture.
Granulated sugar.
Flour.
Egg. This is used for an egg wash that you’ll brush over the pastry before baking.
Cinnamon sugar. I used Gustus Vitae spicy chocolate cinnamon sugar to sprinkle on top but you can also use regular cinnamon sugar. Just combine 1 teaspoon of sugar with 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
Caramel topping. Find this in the ice cream topping section of the store. You can also use salted caramel varieties for more flavor.

raw dough filled with apples with hand sprinkling cinnamon on top.

How to Make It

Unroll the pie dough according to package directions.
Peel and slice the apples.
Combine the filling ingredients together and then place the apples on top of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border around the edge.
Fold up the edges and brush with egg wash. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake.

a slice of apple galette with two scoops of ice cream, served on small wood plate.

Helpful Tips

Prepare the galette on parchment paper placed on a sheet pan. That way you can easily transfer it to the oven. Then after baking, you can slide the parchment off of the pan without disturbing the galette.
Don’t unroll the dough before it’s soft enough to do so. That will result in a broken dough. Begin by unrolling it slowly and if you start to feel resistance, let it sit a bit longer to continue to warm up and soften.
After it’s unrolled you can put it back in the fridge to chill if you need to. You don’t want to be working with overly soft dough.
Lightly flour your work surface to lay the pie dough on. This keeps it from sticking to the paper. You can also sprinkle a little bit of cornmeal to give extra flavor and crunch.
Serve with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or both!

Storage

This is fine to sit at room temperature for a day, but refrigerate if you have any left over after that. Always wrap or store in an airtight container.

More Recipes with Apples

If you’re a fan of apples you may also like these sweet and savory recipes.

Caramel apples – we turned these into place cards
Apple chutney & goat cheese crostini appetizer
Apple appetizer bites with turkey and cheese
Kale and apple salad
Apple fall sangria

I really hope you’ll make this apple galette for your family and friends. It’s so quick and easy to make, I just know you’re going to love it!

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