Caramel Apple Bites

• Filling
• 1/3 cup chopped unpeeled apple
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• Dough
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• Topping
• 1 (14 ounce) package caramels
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• green toothpick
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts

1. In a small saucepan, combine filling ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened; set aside to cool. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add egg, vanilla and salt; beat well. Add flour; mix well. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Flatten each ball and place 1/4 teaspoon filling in center of each. Fold dough over filling and reshape into balls. Place 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350u0b0F for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
2. In a saucepan over low heat, cook caramels and 2/3 cup evaporated milk, stirring occasionally, until caramels are melted. Insert a toothpick into each cookie and dip into caramel until completely coated. Dip bottoms into nuts. Place on wire racks to set.
3. Makes about 3 dozen.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/caramel-apple-bites-172451 (may not work)