Name: Loaded Caramel Apple Bars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie, divided - 1; Apples - peeled, cored, and sliced - 10; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; All-purpose flour - 2 tablespoons; Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon; Individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped - 10; Butter, sliced - 3 tablespoons; Milk - 1 tablespoon; Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 1 tablespoon

Ingredients for - Loaded Caramel Apple Bars

1. Pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie, divided 1

2. Apples - peeled, cored, and sliced 10

3. White sugar 1 ½ cups

4. All-purpose flour 2 tablespoons

5. Ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon

6. Individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped 10

7. Butter, sliced 3 tablespoons

8. Milk 1 tablespoon

9. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed 1 tablespoon

How to cook deliciously - Loaded Caramel Apple Bars

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with pastry for 1 1/2 pie shells, cutting the pastry to fit and filling gaps as necessary.

3 . Stage

Stir apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl to coat the apple slices. Layer apple mixture over pie crust. Arrange caramels and butter slices on top of apple mixture.

4 . Stage

Cut remaining pie pastry into 1- to 2-inch pieces; arrange atop the caramels and butter.

5 . Stage

Bake in preheated oven until just beginning to brown, about 1 hour.

6 . Stage

Cool in baking dish on a wire rack for 30 minutes, cut into bars.

7 . Stage

Beat milk and confectioner's sugar together in a small bowl; drizzle over bars.