I’ve done something terribly wonderful. Or wonderfully terrible. You pick.

 

Imagine homemade apple pie filling with crisp fresh apple, that’s been dotted with gooey caramel, and wrapped inside flakey sugary fried wontons, and immediately dipped in creamy salted caramel sauce.

 

A luscious little bite of bliss.

 

Autumn is my favorite season and, as if that weren’t enough, it’s also apple season. After all, can’t you imagine the smell of apples cinnamon cooking together? It’s absolutely heavenly, and better than any candle or scented oil in the world.

 

If you love the flavor of apples and caramel together, then you’re going to flip over this recipe. You see, I love creating recipes that take inexpensive ingredients and make them into something grand, something you can be really proud to serve.

 

To demonstrate, this one takes apples, which are on sale this season, and wonton wrappers that are always pretty cheap, and pairs them with simple caramel sauce that’s equally cheap to make. I ask you – what’s not to love? 

 

But first, you have to heck out my bargain apples! I got organic Honeycrisp apples for .49₵ a pound! Wanna know how?

 

I bought the bumped and bruised ones in the discount bin. I figure I’m going to chop them up anyway, so what difference would a little brown spot make? After all, they taste exactly the same as the ones for $2.98 a pound. I’m cheap and proud of it!

 

 

One Bite Apple Pies
Yield: 24 pieces Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

 

What You’ll Need:

 

FILLING:

• 3 medium apples, sliced – I used Honeycrisp but any crisp apple works
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter

 

WONTONS:

 

• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 24-30 wonton wrappers
• 8 pieces soft caramel candy – optional
• Vegetable oil – suitable for frying

 

 

To make filling:

 

1. First, peel and core apples, then chop into small pieces and toss with lemon juice.
2. Next, place apples into a medium saucepan and next add the corn syrup, flour, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and stir to combine. Then add the butter and stir again.
3. Next, place the saucepan on the stove top.
4. Heat the mixture on medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 15 minutes. You want to apples to still have some texture, so don’t overcook this to a mush. Let it cool.
5. Mix together sugar and cinnamon, set aside. If you’re using caramel pieces, cut your candies into quarters.

 

 

To fill wontons:

 

1. A little tip – wontons dry out quickly, so be sure to keep them covered with a damp kitchen towel as you work.
2. To begin, you’ll need a small bowl with water.
3. First, you dip your fingertips in the water and lightly moisten the sides and corners of your wonton wrapper.
4. Then, place a heaping teaspoon of the apple filling and a piece of caramel in the center of the wonton and bring the four corners together and pinch to make a seal. Repeat with remaining wontons, cover and set aside.
5. Next, in a heavy saucepan, heat about 2 inches of oil to 350°F.
6. Now, working in small batches and using a slotted spoon or tongs, place the wontons, seamed side up in the oil, turning once, and cook until lightly browned, approximately one minute to 90 seconds each.
7. Lastly, drain the wontons briefly on a paper towel and roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture while still very hot. Repeat with remaining wontons.

 

 

 

 

EASY SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE

This sauce comes together in literally 10 minutes from start to first dip!

What You’ll Need:

 

• ¼ cup whipping cream
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

 

 

Here’s How:

 

1. First, in a small saucepan over low heat combine whipping cream, brown sugar and butter.
2. Second, you cook it, stirring frequently, until brown sugar is dissolved and sauce comes to a good bubble.
3. Third, remove from the heat and add vanilla and salt, stirring to combine. The sauce will thicken upon standing.

 

Now, you take the fried apple pie bites and you serve them dipped in this amazing sauce.

 

 

I’ll let that sink in for a moment . . .

 

It’s like the perfect bite of apple pie, in every bite.

If you wish, you can simplify the whole process and purchase canned apple pie filling and caramel sauce from the store and you’ll be eating these in bad boys in mere minutes. But if you’re like me and want give this an “I’m such a Diva” spin, it’s really quite easy and totally worth the time and effort.

If you love the idea of using wontons for decadent desserts purposes – you’ll LOVE this: Should Chocolate Bar Ravioli be Illegal? 

 

 

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