Apple Pie Bombs

Apple Pie Bombs

from heartlandcooking.com
60 min

Ka-boom! There's an explosion of flavor your tastebuds are about to experience all thanks to Apple Pie Bombs. Each mini pie is filled with jammy, tender apples but also melty, rich caramel for a blast of fall favorites and dessert delight! Of course, a drizzle of even more creamy caramel sauce will light the fuse for these bombs! Apple Pie Bombs are simple, speedy, and fun... A great way to celebrate the joys of apple season. They're dynamite!

Ingredients

  • 12 frozen white dinner rolls or 12 pieces refrigerated biscuit dough, uncooked
  • 2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and diced
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 30 vanilla caramels, unwrapped and divided
  • flour, as needed, for dusting
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. 2

    Place the dinner rolls on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on defrost until the dough is no longer frozen but not cooked, about 2 minutes.

  3. 3

    Grease or butter a 9x6-inch casserole dish.

  4. 4

    Place the apples, the sugar, and the cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl, tossing to combine.

  5. 5

    Cut 18 of the caramels into quarters.

  6. 6

    Lightly flour a worksurface.

  7. 7

    Toss one piece of the dough in the flour and flatten and stretch it in a manner similar to a mini-pizza, stretching it about 3-inches across.

  8. 8

    Repeat with all of the dough pieces.

  9. 9

    Reserve 1/4 cup of the apple mixture.

  10. 10

    Add 1 tablespoon of the remaining apple mixture and 6 pieces of the cut caramel to each dough piece and pull the edges of the dough together to form a ball.

  11. 11

    Place the dough balls in the prepared dish.

  12. 12

    Brush the dough balls with the melted butter and sprinkle them with the brown sugar and the reserved apple mixture.

  13. 13

    Bake the dough balls until the tops are golden brown and the pies are no longer doughy, about 30-35 minutes.

  14. 14

    Place the remaining caramels and the heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave until melted, stirring every 30 seconds.

  15. 15

    Allow the caramel sauce to cool slightly, then drizzle it over the pie balls.

  16. 16

    Serve.