Dessert: Apple Crostata with Spiced Caramel Sauce

Recipe by Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez Do you love apple pie, but feel stuck in a classic-pie rut at Thanksgiving? Bake outside the box this year with the Italian version, known as crostata. Unlike typical American pie pastry, crostata pastry is similar t

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Blend together flour, sugar, salt, zest, and butter in a bowl with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk together egg and vanilla in a small bowl and drizzle over flour mixture, then gently stir with a fork (or pulse) until incorporated and dough begins to form large clumps.
Gather all dough together, then divide dough in half and form each half into a 5- to 6-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until more firm, but not hard, about 30 minutes.

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