Salted Caramel Apple Dip
Salted Caramel Apple Dip is a gluten free and vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe makes 8 servings with 516 calories, 4g of protein, and 25g of fat each. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Super Bowl. If you have coarse sea salt, brown sugar, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.
Instructions
Add cream cheese, heavy cream, light brown sugar and vanilla to a large bowl.
Mix ingredients with hand mixer on medium speed for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
In a medium saucepan, heat the sugar, water, corn syrup and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice over medium high heat until it starts bubbling (around 4 to 5 minutes). Stir caramel and continue to cook, watching carefully, until it turns golden brown and then a light amber, another 2 to 3 minutes.
Carefully add 3/4 of caramel to cream cheese mixture.
Pour remaining caramel onto silpat or greased parchment paper-lined baking sheet and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon sea salt.
Pour that 1/4 leftover bit of the caramel on your Silpat or oiled parchment covered surface and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon sea salt.
Let the caramel harden while you do not touch it.
Beat caramel and cream cheese mixture with hand mixer on low speed to mix the caramel into the cream cheese. As it cools tiny caramel bits will distribute through the dip.
Transfer to dipping bowl.
Peel hardened caramel off Silpat or parchment paper.
Place the caramel shards artfully on top of the dip -- sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon sea salt.
Serve immediately with apple slices tossed with lemon juice to prevent browning.