loaded caramel apple bars

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie, divided
• 10 apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 10 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
• 3 tablespoons butter, sliced
• topping:
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 55 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with pastry for 1 1/2 pie shells, cutting the pastry to fit and filling gaps as necessary.
• stir apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl to coat the apple slices. layer apple mixture over pie crust. arrange caramels and butter slices on top of apple mixture.
• cut remaining pie pastry into 1- to 2-inch pieces; arrange atop the caramels and butter.
• bake in preheated oven until just beginning to brown, about 1 hour.
• cool in baking dish on a wire rack for 30 minutes, cut into bars.
• beat milk and confectioner's sugar together in a small bowl; drizzle over bars.