Description
This delectable dessert is better known around our house as caramel apples for adults!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 and 1/2 cups of tight packed dark brown sugar
- 6 Tbs of unsalted butter
- 1 and 1/2 cups of whipping cream
- 1 and 1/4 cups of unbleached all purpose flour
- 3/4 cups of powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp of kosher salt
- 1 stick of chilled unsalted butter diced
- 2 egg yolks
- 6 large Macintosh or Golden Delicious apples
- 1 Tbs flour
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
Instructions
- The Caramel:
- Boil the brown sugar, butter and 1 and 1/2 cups of whipping cream until the caramel thickens enough to coat a spoon. Whisk it ofetn. This should take about 10 minutes or so.
- The Crust:
- Put the flour, powdered sugar and salt into a food processor and mix together.
- Add in the butter
- Mix until a coarse meal forms
- Add in the egg yolks
- I added 1 extra egg yolk for a total count of 3 yolks. The crust is extremely dry as the recipe is written and can be difficult to work with. I was almost ready to add a bit of water, but didn’t, though attempting this again I probably will.
- Pulse the dough until moist clumps form. Then roll it into a ball, and flatten it into a disc shape.
- Wrap it in plastic wrap and store it in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
- Roll the dough out on a floured surface to 13″ and place it in the tart pan .
- Cut off the overhang so it’s even with the pan.
- Pinch the sides of the dough up to 1/4 of an inch above the side of the pan.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- The Filling:
- Peel, core and quarter the apples.
- Toss the sliced apples in the sugar, cinnamon and cardamom mixture until they’re well coated.
- Putting It Together:
- Arrange the apple pieces cut side down in a circle around the outside edge of the pan.
- Cut the remaining slices lengthwise in half and stand them in the center.
- Bake the tart in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour or so until the apples have gotten tender and the crust has browned.
- Take it out of the oven and brush the apples with some of the warm caramel sauce.
- Let the tart cool to room temperature and unmold it from the tart pan.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 45 mins