Salted Caramel Apple Tart

I think I’ve previously mentioned my trip to the Apple House, where I bought too many apples (Is too many apples even a thing?).  Although I made this fabulous Autumn Apple Crisp, which my family devoured, I also wanted to make something a bit more elegant.  I’ve been on a tart kick lately-Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Tart, Raspberry Cream Cheese Tart, and I’ve found them not only easy to make, but also visually pleasing.  Since I had just made Salted Caramel Sauce, and had so many apples, it seemed like a match made in heaven to create this Salted Caramel Apple Tart!

My teenage daughter came home from school just after I had made and photographed this tart.  She was initially raving about how good the house smelled.  Her eyes really lit up when she saw this tart and she became downright ecstatic when she found out that she was going to get to eat it before anyone else came home.  This tart is packed with all of my favorite fall flavors-apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and caramel.  Essentially all of the flavors of the fall season in this delicious Salted Caramel Apple Tart!

If you prefer to make your own homemade Salted Caramel Sauce, this is the recipe I use!  (I won’t tell if you don’t have time to make your own salted caramel sauce and use a store bought version…the tart will still be ridiculously good!)

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Salted Caramel Apple Tart

This is a rich, flavorful tart, perfect for entertaining friends or family

Course Dessert

Prep Time 35 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 10 serving

Author Lane from With Two Spoons

Ingredients

• Crust:
• ½ cup butter melted
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup flour
• I cup salted caramel sauce homemade or store bought
• Filling:
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• ½ cup dark brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• Apples:
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 3-4 apples peeled and sliced
• 1 Tablespoon dark brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a medium bowl, mix butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon and flour until a wet dough forms.
3. Press dough into a 9 inch tart pan.
4. Bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown and set.
5. Allow tart crust to cool.
6. Spread salted caramel (you will need to warm it if it is cold) over the tart crust.
7. Allow to cool in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
8. In a stand mixer mix filling ingredients (cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt) until smooth.
9. Set cream cheese filling aside.
10. Melt butter in a medium skillet.
11. Spread apples in skillet.
12. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
13. Stir and cook for 5-7 minutes until apples are tender, but have not lost their shape.
14. Turn off head and allow apples to sit and additional 5 minutes.
15. Spread cream cheese filling over cooled caramel in tart crust.
16. Arrange apples on top of cream cheese filling.
17. Drizzle apples with additional caramel.
18. Refrigerate 1 hour to set filling.
19. Slice and serve!