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nutty caramel monkey balls

(2 ratings)
GayleGoff avatar
Recipe by
Lisa 'Gayle' Goff
@GayleGoff
Chula Vista, CA

These are a fabulous brunch item, best served hot but they ar ok warmed in the microwave if you must.

(2 ratings)
yield 10 -12
prep time 30 Min
cook time 45 Min

Ingredients For nutty caramel monkey balls

  • 3 can
    refrigerated biscuits
  • 1/2 can
    apple pie filling (freeze the rest for next time)
  • 4 oz
    philidelphia cream cheese ( not whipped)
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    cinnamon
  • 1 stick
    real butter ( not margarine)
  • 1 c
    packed brown sugar
  • 1 pkg
    chopped pecans

How To Make nutty caramel monkey balls

  • 1
    preheat oven to 375
  • 2
    In a sauce pan melt butter and brown sugar till bubbly, set aside.
  • 3
    spray a bundt pan with cooking spray
  • 4
    mix cinnamon and white sugar in a bowl
  • 5
    pour 1/3 carmel sauce into bottome of the bundt pan, add 1/3 pecans
  • 6
    Place a small cube of cream cheese and 1/2 a slice of apple in the center of a biscuit, fold over and twist to seal then coat with the cinnamon sugar, place in the bundt pan open side up...continue around pan (10-12 buscuits does it, do not pack too tightly they expand when they bake)
  • 7
    add 1/3 mor caramel and 1/3 more pecans then repeat ball making process (only open side down now) nwith all the remaining biscuits.
  • 8
    top with the remaining caramel sauce and pecans and bake for about 45 minutes until you can seperate them without the center being gooey, they should be bready not gooey.
  • 9
    Flip out on a large plate, Take Pictures then serve warm! Enjoy!!
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