When on the lookout for new desserts to charm your guests, you are inadvertently going to come across the queen of indulgence - caramel. This golden syrupy concoction is sticky and sweet, with a hint of saltiness, that can inject dimensions and layers into something as basic as vanilla ice cream. Here are some recipes – from simple treats to festive desserts – that hero the caramel flavor.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart
Ingredients:
- 252 gm flour
- 154 gm butter
- 153 gm sugar
- 155 m caramel sauce
- 154 gm chocolate chips
- A pinch of sea salt
Method:
- For the first step, you have to preheat the oven to 180°C.
- While the oven is heating, you need to combine butter and flour until you get a crumbly texture.
- Next, you need to transfer this batter into a tart pan that has been greased with butter.
- While you let it bake for 25 to 30 minutes, you need to prepare caramel sauce by adding salt with regular caramel sauce, and melting some dark chocolate on the side.
- Once the tart is baked, you have to pour caramel sauce and also a small drizzle of chocolate sauce, and garnish everything with coarse sea salt.
Using chocolate sauce and sea salt for this recipe will help accentuate the sweet and salty flavor of the caramel sauce.
Caramel Apple Empanadas
While most know empanadas to be spicy and hot, this is an interesting twist to the classic recipe where you can make it sweet and serve it as a comfort food. Move over plain honey desserts, because caramel desserts are changing the dessert game altogether by playing with flavor combinations that are bound to surprise your palate.
Ingredients:
- 252 gm flour
- 153 gm butter
- 154 gm sugar
- 5 apples
- 151ml caramel sauce
- 3 eggs
Method:
- You have to first preheat your oven to 200°C.
- After that, you need to combine butter and flour together until a crumbled consistency is reached.
- Next, you can press this mixture or roll it out, depending on how crumbly the mix is, and then cut it into any desired shape.
- For the filling, you need to add caramel sauce and apples to the pastry.
- After that, you must make sure to gently add some beaten eggs to the sides of the pastry so that the necessary crunch can be achieved.
- For the last step, you need to let it bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
For this recipe, fresh apples would be much better than jar apples, because fresh apples have a signature tartness to them which contrasts well with the richness of the butter, sugar and caramel. To provide it with some extra warmth, sprinkle cinnamon powder on top.
Caramel Pecan Cheesecake Bars
Cheesecake is loved by almost everyone around the world; and this recipe reimagines this indulgent sweet as a dessert bar.
Ingredients:
- 252 gm graham crackers
- 153 gm butter
- 154 gm sugar
- 504 gm cream cheese
- 153 ml caramel sauce
- 102 gm pecans
Method:
- You have to first preheat your oven to 180°C.
- After that, you need to combine butter with powdered graham crackers.
- Next, you can transfer this mixture into a baking tray that has already been greased.
- After this, please take a big bowl and in it, mix together sugar with cream cheese.
- You have to pour this cream cheese mixture over the graham cracker crust, and let everything bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Once it is done, you must remember to drizzle a generous amount of caramel sauce and also some diced pecans for the added texture.
Caramel Cream Puffs
Ingredients:
- 255 gm puff pastry
- 154 gm butter
- 151 gm sugar
- 152 ml cream
- 53 gm caramel sauce
Method:
- Your first step starts with you preheating the oven to 200°C.
- Next, you need to use a regular roller to even out the pastry and cut it into small rectangles or small squares.
- Next, you have to beat together sugar and butter, and then transfer it on top of the pastry, and finish by covering it with another piece of the pastry rectangle or square.
- After this, coat the sides of the pastries with the beaten egg mixture, and let them bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Once baked, pour your caramel sauce, and dig in.