Puff Pastry with Caramelized Apples, Ice Cream and Butterscotch Sauce

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 Puff Pastry  with Caramelized Apples, Ice Cream and Butterscotch Sauce 

Cook's Notes: Start your week with a bit of sweetness with this "off-the-charts dessert." Using puff pastry and store-bought butterscotch or caramel sauce are timesavers. It's an easy fall dessert that showcases fresh apples. Puff pastry shells are versatile for a variety of sweet and savory dishes.

This decadent apple dessert is quick to prepare. The recipe serves two but can be easily doubled. Recipe adapted from Taste of Home
Ingredients:

• 2 large tart apples, sliced (about 2-1/2 cups)
• 2/3 cup apple juice +2 tablespoons apple juice
• 1 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon or 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice mix
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 heaping tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 4 Puff Pastry Shells
• Jar of caramel sauce or butterscotch sauce
• Sea salt

Directions:

• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake shells according to box directions.
• In a saucepan, combine sliced apples, apple juice, and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, until apples are tender. Stir in brown sugar.
• Mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of apple juice and blend until smooth. Add to apple mixture.
• Bring to a boil, lower heat, cook, and until thickened. Stir in walnuts.
• Remove the T from the tops of the cooked Puff Pastry Shells.
• Use a slotted spoon to drain off some of the juices and spoon warm apple filling into each Puff Pastry Shell.
• Top with a scoop of ice cream, and drizzle each shell with a little caramel or butterscotch sauce. Top each serving with a pinch of sea salt and serve.