Carolina Eats – Apple Pie Tacos

Sandi Veazey shared her Apple Taco Salad recipe with us for our Carolina Eats Apple Recipes contest.

Ingredients

6  flour tortillas (4.5 inch in diameter)
1/3 cup melted salted butter
3/4 cup finely crushed vanilla wafers or graham crackers
1 tsp. ground cinnamon or your favorite apple pie spice mixture
20 oz. can of apple pie filling
1/4 cup heavy cream
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for garnish
caramel sauce for garnish
your favorite apples, sliced

Caramel dip:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. peanut butter
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice
7 oz. jar of Marshmallow fluff

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Grab a muffin pan and turn it upside down to rest the flour tortilla on to form the taco shell.
3. Put melted salted butter in a wide shallow dish. In a second dish, whisk the crumbs and spice together.
4. Dip the tortilla in the melted butter then in the crumbs and spice mixture. Place on the muffin pan bottom to form into a taco shape. Repeat for the other tortillas.
5. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown and crispy. Remove from oven and let cool.
6. Heat the apple pie filling on the stove until bubbly. Remove from heat and add the heavy cream to give it a more creamy texture.
7. Remove the tortillas from the muffin pan and fill with apple mixture.
8. Top with ice cream or whipped cream then drizzle with caramel sauce. place on plate with sliced apples and a small bowl of caramel dip.
9. To make the caramel dip, add cream cheese, peanut butter and spice to a small bowl and beat until well combined. Then fold in marshmallow fluff and enjoy!