Fall Is In The Air: Caramel Apples

I have been baking A LOT lately, everything from baked ziti, homemade garlic rolls, enchiladas, homemade calzones, potato wedges, to caramel apples! I decided that i'm going to start posting them on my blog (the ones that turn out okay.) When we have something that turns out great I want to share it with everyone so that other people have the opportunity to try it out.

Caramel Apples

Ingredients:

10 Large Granny Smith Apples

2 Bags White Chocolate Chips

2 Bags Kraft Caramels (or if you are feeling up to making homemade caramel)

1/2 Cup Sugar mixed with about 1-2 teaspoons of Cinnamon

10 Popsicle Sticks

Wax Paper

 1. Wash & Dry Apples. Keep apples cold, it works much better.

2. Put popsicle sticks in the apples.  

 3. In a medium saucepan melt caramel according to package directions.

4. Dip apples in melted caramel making sure to fully coat it. 

Let it drip then take a knife to scrape off the bottom so you do not have a large foot of caramel when dried.

5. Place on parchment or wax paper that has been sprayed with cooking spray heavily on a cooking sheet.

6. Cool in the fridge until caramel is set up. 1-2 hours is best.

7. Melt chocolate chips in 30 second intervals. I added a little vegetable oil to help the chocolate not be so thick.

8. Coat the apple with the chocolate and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.

9. Cool completely in the fridge & ENJOY! 

Alzheimer's Walk

Yesterday I had a really neat opportunity to participate in the 2012 Walk to End Alzheimer's. Since I work with elderly people with Alzheimer's and Dementia it was a really neat experience. I joined people from my work and walked only about a mile, we wore Hilltop shirts, and hats that some of our residents had decorated. We carried flowers with us for the first lap, there were all different colors that resembled different things. I had a yellow flower that showed I care for people with Alzheimer's. After our first lap we all "planted" our flowers. It was neat to see all of the different people there and hear their stories. 

Going to try this thing out..

Hello everyone! A couple of years ago I made a blog but was very inconsistent with posting things and now that we are married I have so many pictures and stories that I have no where to put so I thought this would be the perfect way to keep friends and family updated with our life.

I am still trying to figure out exactly how to work this and hopefully I will be more consistent with posting things and keeping everyone updated :)