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Showing posts with label Blushing Delight Columnar Urban Apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blushing Delight Columnar Urban Apples. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Easy Caramel Urban® Apples for Halloween




So the columnar Urban Apple® trees in your edible garden produced a little crop of apples from the Blushing Delight™ Urban® Apples PP21511

What to do with the harvest? If any survived eating out of hand in the garden, consider Caramel Apples for Halloween! An easy recipe follows. 





Caramel Apples, Makes 4

Ingredients
1 bag caramels
1 bag Heath Bar Bits ‘o Brickle Toffee (or favorite candy bar, minced), 
1/2 C. chopped almonds or pecans as desired
1 Tablespoon water

Directions
Scrub the apples and dry thoroughly
Completely coat apple with melted caramel
Push a handle into the stem end of each apple (craft sticks or shortened chop sticks work well)


Prepare ahead: place the Heath bar bits and chopped nuts on plates or shallow saucers



Melt the caramels and little bit of water in a double boiler


Cool the caramel slightly, then submerge each apple in turn



Roll in candy pieces if desired



While still warm, roll the apple in the candy pieces or in the nuts for extra flavor






Enjoy!