Whole Wheat Walnut Salted Caramel Apple Galette

Celebrate fall with a no-fuss salted caramel apple galette with walnuts and whole wheat crust. It's way easier than pie, but just as delicious!

Can we just talk about something? The saying "easy as pie." Why is that a saying? In my experience, the pie is not, in fact, easy. It's actually quite labor-intensive to make a good pie. You have to make of the crust, roll out the crust, make the filling, and if you're making a lattice top? Definitely not easy.

You know what is easy? A galette. But "easy as galette" doesn't really roll off the tongue in quite the same way. Regardless, a delicious salted caramel apple galette is where it's at!

What Is A Galette?

A galette is basically a more rustic, free-form pie. It uses one crust that gets folded over the perimeter of the filling, making it self-contained without a pie dish. It all bakes on a baking sheet with no fussy parbaking or crimping. Just delicious, flaky goodness.

Why You'll Love This Caramel Apple Galette

If the ease of a galette is not enough to convince you, the taste sure will! A flavorful, flaky whole wheat crust makes the perfect base for buttery caramel, juicy, soft-baked, cinnamon-spiced apples, and toasty walnuts, all sprinkled with a hint of salt for that sweet-savory contrast that is my favorite in a dessert. Served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and an extra drizzle of caramel, it's the most delicious, cozy fall dessert. You won't ever want to go back to traditional pie!

How To Make a Walnut Salted Caramel Apple Galette

Make the Crust

I use my whole wheat pie crust recipe for this galette.

1. Pulse the flour, salt and butter in a food processor until the butter is distributed in pea-sized crumbs.
2. Slowly add cold water 1 tablespoon at a time while pulsing until the dough just comes together loosely.
3. Turn the dough out and roll into a thin, flat disc on a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Assemble & Bake The Galette

1. Thinly slice the apples and toss with walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2. Spread caramel in a circle on top of the crust, leaving a two-inch border.
3. Layer apples on top of caramel, pouring any excess from the bottom of the bowl on top of the apples.
4. Fold an edge of crust over on top of the apples. Repeat, working your way all the way around.
5. Sprinkle the edges of the crust with cinnamon and raw sugar (optional).
6. Bake at 425°F until the filling is bubbly and crust is golden, about 15-20 minutes.
7. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and drizzle with extra caramel sauce before serving.

Tips and Ingredient Substitutions

• I use my salted miso caramel in this recipe for an extra hit of umami. But any caramel sauce works!
• You want to keep the dough as cold as possible, so you may want to put it in the refrigerator while you slice and toss the apples.
• It's ok if it's not perfectly round or if the crust cracks a little. That's the rustic charm of a galette!
• You can use all purpose flour if you'd rather.
• Use any apple you like, or a mix or them. I like Honeycrisp, Gala, and Fuji for baking, but any variety will work. Peel the apples if you like, or leave the peels on for an even easier dessert (with more fiber too!).
• Leave out the walnuts if you don't like them.

Storing Leftovers

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days. Reheat in a cast-iron skillet that's been preheated in the oven.

More Delicious Apple Desserts

• Perfect Apple Crumb Pie
• Apple Crumb Brown Butter Blondies
• Chickpea Apple Snickerdoodle Skillet Cookie For Two
• Healthy Spiced Apple Skillet Cake

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This post was originally published September 2018 and has been updated.