Brown Butter Cinnamon Apple Galette with Heavenly Vanilla Sauce

Not to toot my own horn, but... recent reviews include~ "The apple galette is FIVE STARS!!! Thank you so much. We both loved it. The vanilla dollop was a gift from heaven." and "I can't tell you how good the galette is!" Ready, set, let's galette! Perfect for apple picking season, simple to make and absolutely scrumptious. I'm already looking forward to making it again.

Ingredients

For galette crust~

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup melted butter, cooled
  • 1/4 cold water
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar

For filling~

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 Cosmic Crisp apples, cored and diced

For Heavenly Vanilla Sauce

  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 and 1/2 cups Cool Whip

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Stir together flour, melted butter and cold water until dough comes together in a ball. Roll out galette crust between two sheets of waxed paper into a circle about ten inches in circumference.
  3. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheet.
  4. Heat 1/2 cup butter in large sauté pan over medium heat. Continue cooking and stirring until butter begins to foam and turns light golden brown.
  5. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and apples and stir to combine. Remove from heat.
  6. Spoon brown butter cinnamon apple filling onto center of galette crust, leaving a border of crust around the outside. (Avoid spooning on too much liquid.) Fold border into center to seal in filling, brush crust edges with water and sprinkle with sugar.
  7. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until crust is light golden brown.
  8. While galette is baking, make the Heavenly Vanilla Sauce~
    • Beat egg with sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
    • Beat in 1/4 cup cooled melted butter, a little bit at a time until incorporated.
    • Gently fold in vanilla and Cool Whip. Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to serve.