Caramel-Apple Bark

Yield: 8 servings

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 5 minutes
• Cooling Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Bake Believe ® Milk Baking Bar, roughly chopped
• 1 green apple, diced
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ¼ cup Brown Swerve
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ½ tablespoon keto-friendly sticky maple syrup, like Good Good Sweet Like Syrup
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup gluten-free pretzels, gently crushed

Instructions:

1. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Pat the diced apples with a paper towel to remove as much moisture as possible.
3. Place the butter, Brown Swerve, heavy cream, salt, and maple syrup in a medium saucepan over high heat.
4. Whisk until the mixture comes to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and allow to simmer for 6 minutes.
5. Place the pot of caramel in an ice bath and whisk until it thickens to a caramel sauce consistency. Set aside.
6. Place the milk baking bar in a medium heat-proof bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted.
7. Spread the melted milk bar on the lined cookie sheet to form a rectangle about 5 inches by 10 inches.
8. Sprinkle the melted milk bar with the crushed pretzels followed by the diced apple.
9. Gently press the toppings into the melted milk bar.
10. Drizzle the pretzels and apples with the caramel sauce.
11. Place the bark in the refrigerator to harden, about 15 minutes.
12. Remove from the refrigerator and cut, as desired.
13. Enjoy immediately.