Improv cooking challenge: caramel apple nachos

I am super excited to be a part of The Lady Behind the Curtain's Improv Cooking Challenge!

 This month she gave us two ingredients to create an original recipe with.  This reminds me of Chopped which is one of my favorite shows! After discussing with super smart (and very handsome) hubby   he suggested Caramel Apple Nachos..... How can you go wrong with that?

I started by cutting 2 flour tortillas into 8 triangles each.  I chose to fry them to create a chip but feel free to bake them also.   After removing from oil I immediately tossed into cinnamon sugar to coat.

Next I chopped one granny smith apple into small cubes.  I sauteed the apples in 1TB of butter and generous sprinkling of the remaining cinnamon sugar.   Cook until tender.  After turning off the heat pour in several spoonfuls of caramel ice cream topping and allow to melt into the apple mixture.

Pour apple mixture over chips.  Drizzle over vanilla bean cream cheese dip from Walmart.  

 

Sprinkle on either chopped red apple or red hots to look like tomato salsa  and top off with whipped cream or ice cream to be your sour cream.

BTW..  This got an enthusiastic thumbs up from hubby : ) 

And As Always my faithful kitchen helper was begging for scraps...

Sticky Buns to ENLARGE your Buns

     Here is a super quick sweet treat that is a crowd pleaser!

They are mock sticky buns.

Buy Refrigerator Biscuits and roll them into balls. Place them in a pan. I use a loaf pan but you can use whatever you'd like. Sprinkle with lots of cinnamon and chopped almonds.

Make a caramel sauce.

Melt one stick of butter with 2/3 - 1 cup brown sugar. Once melted add 1/3 cup heavy cream. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 tsp of vanilla. Pour over the biscuits and bake until they are cooked all of the way through. We usually leave them a little doughy : )