Brace Yourself: Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars

I regularly try new recipes but most don't make it anywhere close to being blog-worthy. Sure, they provide us with calories, vitamins and fill our bellies.  Most aren't awful. They're really fine. They're just...lack-luster- not something I want to bring here.  To share with you.

So when a recipe breaks through, please know that I'm sharing it because I love it.  And I hope that you will love it, too.

Enter these Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars.  I'm not even going to re-post the recipe because I didn't make any changes.  I made them just like she said.

When I came to the salted caramel sauce recipe part, though, I was a bit apprehensive.  I hadn't made caramel sauce like this before.  There was threat of burning.  I decided to try it anyway but document the steps (in case I did it right) to show you.  I'm a visual person and would've appreciated more step by step photos so I thought you might, too.  That said, don't be afraid of this caramel sauce.  Instead, prepare your arm for a work-out by giving it a good rub down first.  Also, make the sauce while the bars are baking so you can smell the reason why you're making the sauce and bulking up only one side of your body.  Switch arms, people, switch arms!

Since I'm sharing these photos, I think you know how it turned out.  This sauce is amazing. AND. The recipe yields over a pint so you'll have plenty (tons, actually) left over to top vanilla ice cream, dip apple slices into, you. name. it.  In fact, you could always make the sauce and drizzle it across your favorite apple pie.  Because that would be amazing, too.

Bake on, my friend, bake on.