Cinnamon-Nut-Caramel Apple Wreath

Name: Cinnamon-Nut-Caramel Apple Wreath
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters firmly packed dark brown sugar; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine; 794 grams packages caramels; 16 long sticks cinnamon; 59 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 59 milliliters peanut butter morsels; 237 milliliters finely chopped peanuts; 16 lady apples; 3 Tbsps sugar; 59 milliliters water; 16 servings Kitchen shears

Cinnamon-Nut-Caramel Apple Wreath is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 16 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 432 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of water, lady apples, caramels, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. Not a lot of people really liked this hor d'oeuvre.

Instructions

Combine sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.

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Cinnamon

Sugar

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Bowl

Line a baking sheet with wax paper; lightly grease wax paper, and set aside.

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Baking Sheet

Wax Paper

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add peanuts, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 4 minutes. Immediately spread peanut mixture onto prepared baking sheet; let cool. Break peanut candy mixture into small pieces, and place in a pieplate or other shallow container.

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Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Peanuts

Candy

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Baking Sheet

Line baking sheet with wax paper again; lightly grease wax paper, and set aside.

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Wax Paper

Wash and dry apples. If desired, cut cinnamon sticks down to 6", or leave them their original length. Make a hole in stem end of an apple with kitchen shears. Insert a cinnamon stick at least 1" into opening left by shears. Repeat procedure with remaining apples and cinnamon sticks.

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Cinnamon Stick

Apple

Combine caramels and water in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 3 minutes or until caramels melt, stirring once. Stir in peanut butter and peanut butter morsels, stirring until morsels melt.

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Peanut Butter

Caramel Candy

Water

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Dip apples into caramel mixture, covering completely. (Use a spoon to help with coating, if necessary.)

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Caramel

Apple

Dip

Sprinkle stem end of 8 apples with reserved cinnamon-sugar mixture.

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Cinnamon

Apple

Sugar

Roll bottom half of remaining 8 apples in reserved peanut candy mixture.

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Apple

Peanuts

Candy

Roll

Place apples on prepared baking sheet, allowing excess caramel to drip off; let cool. Chill apples 1 hour. Scrape off excess caramel with a knife, if desired.

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Caramel

Apple

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Knife

Tie bows onto cinnamon sticks with ribbon.

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Cinnamon Stick

Place apples in lightly greased cellophane squares, and nestle into pine wreath.

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Apple

Note: Your local craft store can supply you with the long cinnamon sticks, ribbon, cellophane, and wreath for this recipe. You can substitute small McIntosh or Jonathon apples for the lady apples.

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Cinnamon Stick

Apple