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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Caramel Apple Pizza

Let's talk favorites here for a minute.  Have you ever been to a favorite things party?  Tonight I attended my second one ever.  They are great.  Let me tell you about them just in case you haven't been.  Each party-goer picks something that is their favorite, then purchases 5 of that item.  Our limit tonight was $5, but it could be set either higher or lower.  Then each person puts their name into a box 5 times.  The box is passed around the room to each person and when it arrives in your lap, you explain a little about your favorite item, draw out 5 names and hand over your favorite thing to each of those 5 people.  So each person leaves the party with 5 different things!  So fun!  I left with some real treasures tonight!  If you haven't been to one of these parties, you should totally throw one yourself.  They are a blast!  So I took some fun Ikea kitchen tools as my favorite items tonight.  But another favorite that I have is pizza.  Even after working at 2 different pizza restaurants for a combined total of nearly a decade, I could still eat it just about everyday!  I have another favorite...sugary sweets.  I am truly a sucker for anything packed with sugar.  This caramel apple pizza, though not your traditional pizza, fits the bill for both of my favorites.  Its a little twist on a classic favorite.  I made this for the favorite things party tonight.  You should make it for yours...that I know you are going to throw...because by now I have convinced you of how fun they are and you are dying to do it...right?!

Caramel Apple Pizza

*If you are like me and do not keep pastry flour around the house, fear not, you can easily substitute all purpose flour.  Just place 2 tablespoons of cornstarch into a 1-cup measuring cup.  Fill the rest with all purpose flour.  Sift the mixture into a bowl or onto a plate and then take your 1 cup of flour from that. That simply replaces the 1-cup whole wheat pastry flour, so make sure you still add the 3/4 cup all purpose flour as well, giving you a grand total of 1-3/4 cup flour.  Also, as I was taking this to a party I wanted to make sure my apples didn't turn brown.  There are a variety of ways to stop that from happening, but I just soaked mine in some lemon water and that worked perfectly.

Crust
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tablespoons canola oil
1 Tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Topping
1 package (8 ounce) cream cheese
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 medium granny smith apples, thinly sliced
1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
1/4 cup chopped unsalted dry roasted peanuts

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 140-inch pizza pan.  In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Beat in the egg, oil, corn syrup and vanilla.  In a medium size bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.  Press dough onto a the pizza pan.  Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool on a wire rack.  In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla until smooth.  Spread over crust.  Arrange apples over the top.  Drizzle with caramel topping and sprinkle with peanuts.  Serve immediately.

Recipe Source:  Taste of Home Appetizers

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17 comments:

  1. Oh my word, this looks delish!! Please come link to Foodtastic Friday!

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  2. This looks absolutely perfect! Great photo & I can't wait to try this! Would love for you to come share this & any other recipes over at Sweet & Savory Saturdays! http://dessertnowdinnerlater.blogspot.com/2013/02/sweet-savory-saturdays-1.html
    Hope to see you there!

    ~Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!

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  3. Holy Moly... Yum!! This has to be amazing :) I'd love to have come and share them at Super Saturday Show & Tell party today! http://www.whatscookingwithruthie.com xoxo~ Ruthie

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    1. Thanks so much for coming to party at Super Saturday Show & Tell :) I hope you'll come again next week. xoxo~ Ruthie

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  4. Oh my goodness, those photos have me drooling! I haven't posted many recipes on my blog, but one that I did share was for apple nachos, which is similar...but this looks even more yummy to me. My husband loves anything you can cut with a pizza cutter, so I'm sure he'd love it, too. Pinning!

    And thanks, Heather, for your oh so sweet comments on my blog. I just responded to them over there, but I wanted to reemphasize how much they mean to me, and how wonderful it is to connect with a "kindred spirit" in blogland. I'm really impressed by all that you've done here in 6 weeks of blogging. I mean, those photos? I know that food can be tricky to photograph, but girl, you've got it dialed! Brava!

    Look forward to seeing more from you and getting to know you better!

    Hugs,
    Lauren
    The Thinking Closet

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  5. What a great idea! Apples and caramel go so well together and a "pizza" with these flavors sounds so good!

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  6. This is INCREDIBLE. I can't have chocolate right now, so I live on caramel. I think I'll make this for my son's first birthday.

    http://www.clarkscondensed.com

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  7. I found you at Feeding Big - In and Out of the Kitchen party. This looks fantastic!! I am for sure going to pin this.

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  8. Wow, beautiful photos! I'd love to have you share this at my Show & Share party, my readers would go crazy for it!
    http://www.semihomemademom.com/2013/02/show-share-wednesday-26-and-shrinking.html

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  9. This looks amazing. I have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop and would love to have you share this and any other posts with everyone. It runs from Tuesday night through midnight Sunday. Here is the link to the party.
    http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2013/02/wednesdays-adorned-from-above-blog-hop_26.html
    Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above

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  10. This looks amazing! I love the tip about what to do if you don't have pastry flour. I never knew that. Great tip!
    Thanks so much for sharing at Real Family Fun link party.
    KC

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  11. I have been wanting to make a pizza like this. Thanks for sharing looks awesome! I am a new follower!

    Stephanie
    www.stephwnekcookbookproject.blogspot.com

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  12. I come from a family who loves food, which often makes it hard when we get together because everyone wants to eat something different. But I found that there are two things everyone agrees on – pizza and apple pie. Yes, I’m categorizing caramel apples and apple pie as one. Don’t mind me. Haha! Anyway, I think I’ll be showing up with this dessert for the next family get-together. Thanks for sharing, Heather!

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