Homemade Caramels

Yummy, homemade caramels!  Who can turn those down?  And this recipe is great to use for the candy box caramels.  Fun and festive for this time of year.

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Candy Box Caramels

 
Here is another diversion from all the cookie baking.  Caramels!  These can be fairly easy if you use prepackaged caramels.  Just unwrap and decorate.  If you decide to make your own caramels (I've included a great recipe for those at the bottom) then it gets to be a little more time-consuming but makes them just that much more delicious and special. 

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Flat Apple Pie

I borrowed this recipe from the Pioneer Woman Cooks after I saw it on her Food Network show.  It is super easy and so YUMMY!   You'll love it.   I did take one short-cut.  Obviously, she handmade her pie crust, I used store bought.  It worked for me, although hers was probably much better.  :)

FLAT APPLE PIE
Ingredients

• 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Pie Crust 
• 6 tablespoons butter

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Caramel Crunch Bars

I found this recipe on the back of the bag of Kraft Caramel Bits.  They are tiny caramel balls ready for melting in any recipe.  No more unwrapping caramels!  This recipe is super easy and very yummy.  I have made it a few times now and the only thing I changed was the graham cracker layer.  The recipe called for a layer of graham crackers lining the bottom of the pan, but the first time I made it I didn't like the way the crackers cut.  So after that I made a graham cracker crust layer first and then followed the recipe exactly.

Ingredients:
4 1/2 honey graham crackers
1 pkg. (11 oz.) Kraft caramel bits
 2 Tbsp. milk
 1/2 cup Cocktail peanuts
1/2  cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 coarsely crushed pretzels
 4 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate melted


Line 8-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides.  grease the foil.  Place grahams on bottom of pan cutting to fit if necessary.

(Like I said above, I made a graham cracker crust instead of the graham crackers along the bottom.)

Microwave caramel bits and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2minutes or until caramel bits are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring every 30 seconds.  Pour over graham layer.

Top with peanuts.

Then add the marshmallows and pretzels.

Drizzle with melted chocolate.  Refrigerate 1 hour.  Use foil handles to remove from pan before cutting into bars to serve.

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