Caramel Nut Brownie Cups Food

SALTED CARAMEL & NUT CUPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until blended. Gradually beat in flour. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or until firm., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls; press evenly onto bottoms and up the sides of greased mini-muffin cups., In a small bowl, whisk egg, caramel topping and allspice until blended. Stir in nuts. Place about 2 teaspoons mixture in each cup., Bake 20-22 minutes or until edges are golden and filling is set. Immediately sprinkle tops with salt. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

CARAMEL-PECAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Spray foil with cooking spray. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add sugar and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour until blended. Pour half the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 25 min. or until top is firm to the touch. Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until caramels begin to melt; stir until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended. Stir in 1 cup nuts.
• Spread caramel mixture over brownie layer in pan; cover with remaining brownie batter. (Some caramel mixture may peek through.) Sprinkle with remaining nuts. Bake 30 min. or until top is firm to the touch. Cool in pan on wire rack. Use foil handles to remove brownies from pan before cutting to serve.

CARAMEL NUTS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 250 F. Place the nuts in a 9x13-inch baking pan and set aside.
• Combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir while the butter melts and sugar dissolves, and let the whole mixture come to a slow boil.
• Boil the mixture for four minutes without stirring. Once the four minutes is up, remove the pan immediately from the heat. Add the baking soda and vanilla to the brown sugar mixture in the pan, and stir it in quickly.
• Immediately pour the bubbling brown sugar mixture over the nuts in the pan, and stir until the nuts are thoroughly coated with the caramel.
• Place the pan in the preheated oven, and bake the caramel nuts for 40 minutes, stirring after every 10 minutes to prevent burning. As they bake, they'll darken in color and emit a wonderful caramel smell.
• After 40 minutes, remove the nuts from the oven. Scrape them onto a baking sheet covered with foil or a silicone baking liner. Separate the nuts with a fork so they're not clumped up. Allow them to cool completely at room temperature. If you do have any big chunks of nuts, break them up once they're cool and crunchy.
• Enjoy your caramel nuts immediately, or store them in an airtight container or zip-top bag at room temperature for up to two weeks.

CARAMEL MACADAMIA NUT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. square baking pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter and set aside. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 10 minutes. In a large bowl, beat eggs and brown sugar until blended; beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to chocolate mixture., Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 325° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack., In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook and stir over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Cook over medium-high heat without stirring until syrup is golden, about 5 minutes; remove from the heat., In a small saucepan, heat cream over low heat until small bubbles form around edge of pan. Gradually stir cream into syrup (mixture will boil up). Cook and stir over low heat until blended. Stir in butter until melted. Remove from the heat; cool slightly., Pour over brownies to within 1/4 in. of edges. Sprinkle with chips and nuts. Bake at 325° for 5 minutes (do not let chips melt completely). Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate for 4 hours. Lift out of the pan; remove foil. Cut into bars.

ULTIMATE CARAMEL NUT BROWNIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease foil-lined 13 x 9 baking pan. Microwave chocolate squares and butter in microwavable bowl on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Stir sugar into chocolate until well blended. Mix in eggs. Stir in flour.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter in baking pan.
• Bake 25 minutes or until batter is firm to the touch.
• Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in a microwavable bowl on high for 3 minutes or until caramels begin to melt.
• Whisk until smooth.
• Stir in 1 cup of pecans (you can use walnuts if you like). Gently spread caramel mix over brownie batter in pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips, if desired.
• Pour remaining unbaked brownie batter evenly over caramel mix, sprinkle with remaining nuts. (some of the caramel mix may peak through).
• Bake an additional 30 minutes. Cool in pan.
• Run knife around edge of pan to loosen brownies from the sides. Lift from pan using foil as handles.
• Cut into 24 fudgy brownies.

FUDGY CARAMEL PECAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
• To a small saucepan, combine all ingredients for caramel except vanilla extract. Over medium heat, bring mixture to a simmer. Cook for 1-2 minutes until thickened and the caramel covers the back of a spoon. Take caramel off the heat and whisk in vanilla. Set aside.
• Combine flax seed meal and water in a small bowl. Set aside for 5 minutes to thicken. To a large mixing bowl, add flax eggs, almond butter, coconut butter, milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk vigorously until smooth. Add almond flour, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda, and salt. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to combine until a thick fudgy batter forms. This batter will seem dry at first, but eventually will become really thick and fudgy, just keep at it! Fold in chopped pecans.
• Press batter into the prepared baking dish in an even layer. The batter won't cover the whole baking dish, so I pressed it into half of the 8x8 and it was the perfect size! Take 3 heaping tbsp of the almond butter caramel and spread over the top. Bake for 25-26 minutes. until caramel forms a slight crust on the sides, bubbles, and the brownies are firm to touch. Make sure not to over bake it or you won't have a fudgy texture.
• While brownies are still hot, sprinkle on some more chopped pecans and chocolate chips if preferred. Let brownies cool for 10 minutes before slicing into nine even portions.
• Store extra caramel in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.

CARAMEL NUT BROWNIE CUPS

Steps:

• Make shells:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a shallow baking pan toast almonds in one layer in middle of oven until fragrant, about 12 minutes, and cool. In a food processor finely grind 1/2 cup almonds with flour and salt. Reserve remaining almonds for topping brownie cups. Finely chop chocolate. In a small saucepan melt butter and remove pan from heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth. In a bowl stir together chocolate mixture, almond mixture, sugar, and eggs until combined well. Chill dough until just firm, about 30 minutes.
• Roll level tablespoons dough into balls and lightly press balls into thirty-two 1/8-cup mini-muffin cups (1 3/4 inches across top and 3/4 inch deep). With thumb make a 1/3-inch-deep indentation in center of each ball. Chill shells 1 hour.
• Make filling:
• In a dry 3-quart heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel, without stirring, gently swirling pan, until deep golden. Remove pan from heat and carefully pour corn syrup and cream down side of pan (mixture will vigorously steam and caramel will harden). Simmer mixture, stirring, until caramel is dissolved and stir in vanilla and salt. Transfer caramel filling to a glass measure and cool 10 minutes.
• Carefully pour warm filling into each shell until it is level with top of shell (do not overfill or filling will overflow during baking). Chill brownie cups, loosely covered, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake brownie cups in middle of oven 10 minutes, or until caramel just starts to bubble. Transfer pans to a rack and top brownie cups with reserved almonds. Cool brownie cups completely in pans. With a sharp thin knife loosen brownie cups and lift out of pans. Brownie cups keep in an airtight container at cool room temperature 5 days.