Gooey Caramel Apple Pecan Bars Food

GOOEY CARAMEL APPLE BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, water and vinegar; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball., Divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. , Roll out larger portion of dough between two sheets of waxed paper into a 17x12-in. rectangle. Transfer to an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Press pastry onto the bottom and up the sides of pan; trim pastry even with top edges of pan. , In a large bowl, combine the apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Stir in cream. , In a Dutch oven, melt butter. Add apple mixture; cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until apples are slightly tender. Stir in walnuts and vanilla. Spoon into crust. , Roll out remaining pastry; place over filling. Trim and seal edges. Cut slits in top. Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

GOOEY CARAMEL APPLE HAND PIES

Steps:

• Pour the sugar and 1/2 cup of water into a small saucepot, trying to keep the sugar in the middle of the pot to avoid crystallization on the sides. Bring to a boil and cook until the syrup is thick and pecan brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the heavy cream, be careful because it will bubble up. Stir in the butter and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Punch out eight 4 1/2-inch circles from the pie dough. Toss the apples with 1/4 cup of the cooled caramel and the cinnamon. Brush the edges of the dough circles with beaten egg. Mound about 1 heaping tablespoon of the apple filling in the center of each circle. Fold the dough in half and crimp the edges with a fork.
• Brush the tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with demerara sugar. Cut 2 small slits on top of each pie and bake on silicone-lined sheet pan until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Drizzle the hand pies with leftover caramel sauce and serve.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN BARS RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 13x9-inch baking pan with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, Combine the cake mix, butter, and egg. Pour into the baking pan and smooth it out. Peel and chop the apples. Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, tossing to combine. Distribute apples over the cake batter. Sprinkle pecans on top of apples. Drizzle the can of condensed milk over the top of everything. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until center is set. Use the parchment paper to remove it from the pan to a wire rack to cool. To serve, cut into squares and drizzle with caramel sauce, if desired. Maybe, even a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

GOOEY CARAMEL CHOCOLATE BARS

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips and caramels with 1/3 cup milk. Stir in nuts. Remove from the heat and set aside. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, butter and remaining milk; pat half into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 7-10 minutes. Spread chocolate/caramel mixture over crust; top with reserved cake mixture. Bake 12-15 minutes longer.

GOOEY CARAMEL APPLE PECAN BARS

Steps:

• Prepare Caramel: In medium sized pot, melt 8 TB butter. Add 2/3 cup sugar and boil gently until caramelized, well combined and thickened slightly. Add apples and walnuts. Pour into 8" square pan. Set aside. Prepare bar batter: In mixer combine 1 cup sugar and 6 TB butter. Cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Sift remaining dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cream and vanilla, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Mix just till combined. Spoon batter onto caramel in pan and smooth top. Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes, or until top is golden brown and caramel is bubbly. Remove from oven and set on wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert pan onto wire rack. Let cool. Cut into squares. Delicious with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.

GOOEY CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup sugar in a stainless saucepan on medium heat, do not stir until sugar begins to melt.
• Once sugar begins to melt, stir it until it has completely melted and begins to turn golden brown.
• When sugar has started to turn caramel colored, remove pan from heat and immediately add butter and brown sugar and quickly stir together.
• Once the butter and brown sugar are completely melded with the caramel (add gentle heat if needed to incorporate brown sugar), add the vanilla, corn syrup, cream and salt.
• Stir together well.
• The caramel will thicken as it cools.
• If a thinner caramel is required, add water one tablespoon at a time until the desired thickness is reached; if a thicker caramel is needed, reduce the amount of corn syrup used.

GOOEY CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Cover an 8×8 pan with foil. Grease foil.
• In a bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Meanwhile, combine the filling ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 5 minutes. Pour over warm crust.
• Let cool completely (can put in the refrigerator to speed up process) then cut into squares.

CARAMEL APPLE BARS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 15x10 inch jellyroll pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, quick cooking oats, brown sugar, and baking soda. Stir in the melted butter. Mix until crumbly. This is the crust. Press 1/2 of this mixture into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 8 minutes in preheated oven.
• In a small pan, over medium heat combine the caramel topping and the remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. This is the caramel filling.
• Spread apple slices evenly over the baked crust. Sprinkle on the nuts. Then Pour the caramel filling over the apple layer. Crumble the remaining crust mixture over the top of everything. Bake again for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool before cutting into bars.