Cooking Tips & Tricks for This Recipe

[sih]

Does anyone have any tips for this recipe? Has anyone ever demoed it at a show? Thanks.

 

[NooraK]

Haven't demoed it, made it at a Recipe-A-Rama Cluster meeting last year. Only tip I have is to make sure you use the big Measure-All cup, not the little one. The diameter isn't the same, and the cups won't reach above the edges of the DMMP.

Check out the links at the bottom of this page for older posts. The one "New Tarry Apple Tartlets" has 56 posts, so you should find lots of help there.

 

[sburnside]

I have done this one at a show. It goes over well. People are amazed that you can chop the apples with the food chopper. I always prepare half the pie crust disks ahead of time so the guests don't get bored with that part as it gets monotonous. They are yummy!

 

[kcmckay]

I did this at a show once as well and am bringing it to my sunday show if she has 12 or more confirmed guests.

I peel the apples with the peeler then use the apple wedger to show more products, wedger is great demo for those with kids! From my experience. They all loved them

Yes do use reg Measure All, luckily when I tried that it was during practice not a show:blushing:

 

[Monty060609]

I LOVE these. My only concern is that the half of caramel get really hard when they cool, I mean really really hard. But while they are warm they are the best invention ever!Also demo'd them at my first practice show, it works great bc it uses a nice variety of products.

 

[PamperedchefDaly]

I made these at a show and they were a big hit. The only comment I heard was to leave out the peanuts. They detracted from the overall taste of the tartlets.

 

[sherylscooking]

I have made these lots of times and everyone loves them, super easy and feeds quite a few guests.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I love making these in the fall. You can cut the caramels into even smaller pieces if you want or get the caramel chips and put a couple of them instead of the other caramel - the chips don't harden when it cools. I use the apple peeler corer slicer for them and always sell a couple when I demo it. People with kids love it.

The apple peel from the APCS can be used to make gummy worms. Put them in a zip lock bag and add a 3 oz package of jello. Mix to coat peels, then spread on bar pan and bake for about an hour at 270 degrees until the peels are soft and gummy like.

 

[wmrmgr]

I did these at my first cooking show and used a baggie to drizzle the butterscotch caramel sauce. Do NOT use cheap baggies! Yup, towards the end of the drizzling the bag exploded all over my hands. The little 5-year-old supervising me loved it, thought it was part of the show, and exclaimed that it would be okay to lick my fingers! These are a hit! I agree, however, that when cool the caramel piece gets rock hard. I'll have to try it with the caramel chipos next. Yum!

 

[sih]

Thanks everyone! I am excited to make these for my show on Monday! And I am doing a test run this weekend on my family.

 

[colegrovet]

Rather than use the caramel squares, get caramel bits.. They melt better than the squares.. I put 4-5 in each cup. It saves time. I have hostesses that request I make them.
FYI.. the only place I've found the caramel bits is Wal-Mart... I'm sure other store can get them.

 

[mrshamel3808]

Rather than use the caramel squares, get caramel bits.. They melt better than the squares.. I put 4-5 in each cup. It saves time. I have hostesses that request I make them.
FYI.. the only place I've found the caramel bits is Wal-Mart... I'm sure other store can get them.

Those are what I used too and didn't have the problem of thme hardening. I got them at Walmart too though, I was looking for regular carmels and that's all I could find but then found I liked them better! I made these for our family Christmas get-together and had vanilla ice cream out; they were a hit and they were easy enough that I made them while everyone was over. The hardest part was I couldn't find the folded pie crusts, only the ones already in the pan, so I had to work with those for a while to get the right amount of crusts.

 

[babywings76]

You can find the Pillsbury pie crusts rolled up and in plastic sleeves and put 2 in a box. They are located in the section with the pizza crusts and biscuits and all the other Pillsbury refrigerated items.I have always just used the chewy kind of caramels (Brach's maybe?) and haven't had people say anything about them being hard. I've served them room temp. before, too.

 

[sih]

Thanks everyone!
I made this for my show Monday night and everyone loved them.