Well Brian posted an apple upside down cake, so this is for an apple upside down pie. Found this in Southern Livings 10 new apple desserts for fall. It is absolutely delicious!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Stir 1 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter. Spread in bottom of 9" glass pie plate. Make 2 pie crusts or use premade refrigerated crust. Fit one pie crust over pecan mixture in pie plate, allowing excess to hang over plate. Make your usual pie filling (Granny Smith apples are recommended)and fill pie crust, packing lightly. Top with other crust and press both crusts together. Place pie on cookie sheet, cut a few slits on top of pie and bake approx. 1 hour until juices are thick and bubbly and crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack 20 mins. Place a serving plate over top of pie, invert pie onto serving plate. Remove pie plate and replace any remaining pecans in pie plate on top of pie. let cool 1 hour before serving.
I had my doubts about flipping this over but it came out perfect. Serve with vanilla ice cream. It's a cross between apple and pecan pie. Fantastic! A great Thanksgiving dessert.
