Caramel Pecan Dessert Ring
Source of Recipe
Pampered Chef
List of Ingredients
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 pkg(17.3 oz) refrig. grand-size flaky biscuits (8 biscuits)
1 large red baking apple such as Jonathan
1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping or maple-flavored syrup
Vanilla ice cream (opt)
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 375F. Finely chop pecans. In a bowl, combine pecans and brown sugar; mix well. Set aside 1/4 cup of the pecan mixture. Add flour to remaining pecan mixture; mix well. Add egg and vanilla; mix until well blended. Set filling aside.
2. Separate biscuits; peel each biscuit apart into 2 layers for a total of 16 biscuit halves. Arrange biscuit halves in an overlapping circular pattern 2 inches from edge of large round stone, leaving a 4-inch-diameter opening in center of baking stone. To create indentation for filling, lightly flour small end of baker's roller (docker). Beginning in center of each biscuit, roll dough to a 5-inch width, forming a well that continues around biscuit ring. Spoon pecan mixture evenly into well in biscuit ring.
3. Cut apple in half;remove stems & core. Place apple halves on cutting board, cut sides down. Using a rocking motion, crinkle cut each apple half crosswise into 1/4" slices with crinkle cutter. Place 16 apple slices over filling in a circular pattern. Sprinkle reserved pecan mixture over apples.
4. Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle with ice cream topping. To serve, cut between apple slices using pizza cutter and serve . Serve with ice cream, if desired.
Yield: 16 servings or 24 sample servings
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