Caramel Applesauce Food

CARAMEL APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss all the apples with lemon juice, and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet set over medium-high heat. Sprinkle sugar over melted butter; cook until sugar begins to brown. Add apples; cook until they turn golden brown, about 8 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and salt; remove skillet from heat.
• Place apple mixture in the bowl of a food processor; process until smooth. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to 3 days. Serve warm or at room temperature.

EASY CARAMEL APPLES

Steps:

• Remove stems and thoroughly wash and dry apples; insert pop sticks into tops. Line a baking sheet with parchment and grease the parchment; set aside., Place caramels and water in a small saucepan; cook and stir over medium-low heat 3-5 minutes or until smooth, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Dip each apple in caramel mixture, allowing excess to drip off. Place on prepared pan. Refrigerate until set.

THE BEST CARAMEL APPLES

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Dip apples in boiling water for a few seconds, then dry with paper towels to remove any wax from the peels. Set apples aside; when completely cool, insert a wooden chopstick firmly into the bottom of each apple for a handle.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Stir butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and reduce heat to medium. Cook until a candy thermometer reads 248 degrees F (120 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes; stir constantly to prevent burning. A teaspoon of the syrup, dropped in a glass of cold water, should form a firm ball. Remove caramel from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
• Working quickly, dip each apple into the hot caramel to completely coat the apple and about 1/2 inch of the wooden handle. Sprinkle apples with any desired toppings while still hot. Let caramel apples cool on the parchment paper. Use caution, caramel is very hot.

CARAMEL APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Peel, core and slice the apples into eights. Aim to keep the slices all about the same size so they cook at the same rate.
• In a large bowl, toss all the apple slices with the lemon juice and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skilled over medium-high heat. Sprinkle sugar over melted butter and cook until sugar begins to brown.
• Add apples. Cover with lid, if desired, and cook until they turn golden brown and are soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and salt; remove skillet from heat.
• Place apple mixture in the bowl of a food processor; process to desired smoothness. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

CARAMEL APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Grease a 9x13 pan. Preheat oven to 350F.
• 2. Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• 3. In a med. saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sugar and honey and whisk until smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in the eggs, one at at time until well combined. Add the applesauce and vanilla and stir well.
• 4. Dump the dry ingredients into the pan with the wet and stir gently to combine. Spread batter in pan and bake for 20-25 min. until cake is starting to pull away from sides of pan, and toothpick tests done. Remove to rack to cool.
• 5. Make the glaze: Melt the butter, then add the remaining ingrdients. Heat and whisk until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring often for 5 minutes. Pour hot glaze over bars, spreading evenly with a metal spatula. Allow bars to finish cooling, then cut into squares.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Set oven to 350 to preheat.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
• Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, baking soda and baking powder.
• Add fruit and nuts and toss to coat.
• In large bowl cream shortening and sugar for 2 minutes, then add eggs, one at a time while beating 2 minutes.
• Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce while beating.
• Scrape bowl as necessary, beat only until blended.
• Turn into pan and bake for 50 minutes or until done.
• Cool and frost with Caramel Frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Melt butter in saucepan, stir in brown sugar.
• Cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes.
• Add milk, continue stirring until boiling.
• Remove from heat.
• Cool to lukewarm and pour into small bowl.
• Add sugar and vanilla while beating.
• Beat about 2 minutes until spreading consistency.
• Adjust consistency with a few drops of hot water or more sugar as needed.
• Spread at once on cake.

CARAMEL APPLE JAM OR APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Get your water boiling in your canning pot, rack tucked inside. Boil lids in another, smaller, pot, and remove to dry on a paper towel using tongs. While water is coming to a boil in your big pot with the rack, place prepared apple pulp in another large pot.
• Add pectin and bring to a full, rolling boil. (Add 1/2 teaspoon butter to reduce foaming if needed.).
• Meanwhile, get your sugars measured and ready. As soon as apple pulp and pectin are at the boil, add sugars and the 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon all at once.
• Return to boil and keep at the full, rolling boil for one minute.
• Remove from heat and ladle immediately into clean jars. Place lids on top, screw on bands, and lower onto rack in your pot of boiling water. Cover and boil 10 minutes.

CARAMEL FROSTING APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Cream the butter (1 cup) for the cake; gradually add 2 cups sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 6 cake ingredients in a bowl. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the applesauce, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix after each addition,
• Stir in raisins and pecans.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack before frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Combine the brown sugar, butter, and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Add milk; cook over low heat 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, and let cool.
• Add powdered sugar, and beat with a wooden spoon to spreading consistency.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Coat slow cooker bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Place 1 long sheet of nonstick foil in bottom of slow cooker bowl, with ends hanging over handles.
• Whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Beat together butter and brown sugar on high speed for 1 minute. Beat in egg. Scrape down sides of bowl and, on low speed, beat in buttermilk (mixture will look curdled). Beat in applesauce. Add flour mixture to bowl and beat on low speed until combined.
• Spread batter into slow cooker. Place a clean dish towel over slow cooker then put cover on top. Cook on HIGH for 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Use foil handles to lift cake out of slow cooker. Cut into slices. Garnish with caramel sauce, whipped topping and pecans, if desired.

CARAMEL SAUCE (FOR DIPPING APPLES)

Steps:

• Combine sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and corn syrup and cook until sugar is thoroughly dissolved and cooked. Add water and cook until bubbly. Add butter and vanilla and cook 5 more minutes. Be careful not to burn the sugar.