Caramel Apple and Bacon Boo-Nini's
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 8 slices white bread, such as Arnold Brick Oven White Sandwich Bread
- 8 ounces maple bacon, cooked until crispy, crumbled
- 1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons butter, plus more if needed
- Special equipment: 1 ghost-shaped cookie cutter, no more than 5 inches long
- For the salted caramel: Add 2 tablespoons water, the sugar and salt to a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir to combine with a heat-proof spatula until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the mixture begins to turn an amber brown color, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Whisk in the cream, remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the butter, being careful because it will foam up.
- Adding butter at the end will stop the cooking and keep your caramel soft.
- Cool.
- For the sandwich build: Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Spread some salted caramel on one side of 4 pieces of bread.
- Top with the bacon and apples.
- Top with the remaining bread and butter both sides of the sandwiches.
- Place the sandwiches on the grill and cook until nice and toasted, 3 to 4 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Add more butter to the pan if needed.
- Once all sandwiches have been grilled, take a ghost-shaped cookie cutter and punch out ghost shapes from each.
- Put on a tray and watch masked children devour.
sugar, salt, heavy cream, butter, white bread, maple bacon, apple, butter, cookie cutter
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jeff-mauro/caramel-apple-and-bacon-boo-ninis-recipe.html (may not work)