This is for all you apple pie lovers. Every so often I get a craving for a home-made apple pie. But being only two of us that eat pie at my house, the third being to little too. the pie does not get eaten in one setting. It will either sit in the fridge till it goes bad or I will attack it with a fork and sneak a bite every time I open the fridge door. So to save myself from eating the rest of it then regretting it later, I found this awesome recipe. Where I can have my pie and eat it too.

What you will need:

• 2 large apples (honeycrisp or another sweet variety)
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 Werthers Original soft Carmel chews ( 2 per hole)
• vanilla ice cream

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

To get the blooming apple look, you need to cut the apples. Slice off the top ¼ to ⅓ of the apples. Scoop out the core. I don’t have an apple corer so I used my metal ½ teaspoon measuring spoon. Then, use a thin knife to make two, deep circular cuts around the center of the apple. Next, turn the apple over and make narrow cuts all the way around the apple. Flip it back over and you can see all of the cuts.

Place the apples in an oven safe dish and put two caramel into the center of each apple.

Heat butter and brown sugar in the microwave for 30 second, stir and continue heating for an additional 30 seconds. Remove from the microwave and stir in flour and cinnamon. Divide the mixture over the top of the two sliced apples.

Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. (Check apples after 25 minutes and continue cooking until tender. Some apples can take 45 min to 1 hour to soften.)

Remove from the oven and use a large spoon to move the apples into bowls.

Top with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with caramel and sprinkle with cinnamon. The ice cream will cause the caramel in the center to harden so eat quickly or put the ice cream scoop on the side.

ENJOY!

P.S. this recipe will make your house smell so good, you will leave just long enough to walk back in and take a deep breath.