Apple Pie Bites With Bourbon Caramel Sauce

By sassy47

Ingredients

• Bourbon Caramel Sauce:
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 4 tbsp butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 tbsp bourbon
• Apple Pie Bites:
• 1 package of store-bought pie dough (comes with two rolls of dough)
• 2 - 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter (I used a glass cup)
• 2 medium apples, I used a bright green apple and a dark red apple
• Melon baller
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg, whisked

Details

Servings 22

Preparation

Step 1

Bourbon Caramel Sauce:
In a medium sauce pan, combine sugar, lemon juice and water. Without stirring, bring to a boil.
Let the sugar mixture continue to boil for 8 minutes, or until the color turns to brownish-amber. Occasionally, give the pot a swirl by holding the handle. (Don't stir!) Watch the pot carefully when the color begins to change because it could burn quickly.
Remove from heat and add heavy cream, butter, and bourbon. Whisk until the butter is completely melted and the mixture has stopped bubbling, about one minute.
Set aside to cool. Best if served slightly warm.
Apple Pie Bites:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray two baking sheets with non-stick spray. (If you don't have two baking sheets, you might have to bake these in two batches.)
Stir together granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
On a clean surface, unroll one roll of pie dough. Using a circle 2 - 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter (I used a glass cup) press into dough. You should get about 8 or 9 circles. Gather the scraps, roll them out, and repeat. You should get 11 or 12 circles from one roll of dough.
Next, peel half of one apple. That way, you'll be able to hold the apple on one side and scoop out of the other.
Using the melon baller, scoop out one piece of apple. Roll it in the sugar-cinnamon mixture, and then place it in the middle of one circle of dough. Repeat with the rest of the dough and apple.
Fold the dough around each ball of fruit, and make sure you press the seams together. At this point, the dough might be lumpy and not resemble a ball at all. If this is the case, roll it in a circular motion between your hands.
Repeat with each circle of dough and ball of fruit. Then repeat with the second apple and second sheet of pie dough.
Line up Apple Pie Bites on the prepared baking sheets. (If you only have one baking sheet, or only want to use one, just bake half of the Apple Pie Bites and then remove them to a wire rack to cool. Then bake the second half.)
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and flaky.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Best if served a little warm!