Trust Me: Garrett Makes Tasty Sauce!

Is this a filler post? Maybe. But I couldn't NOT tell you about the lovely thing we did with Garrett's Salted Caramel Sauce!

I try to only bring into our home things I'm comfortable eating - so this means less chips/snacks and more fruits and veggies and granola. My one (very strong) vice is ice cream... so I try to keep a steady supply of Skinny Cow brand ice cream sandwiches in the freezer... because if an ice cream craving strikes, and believe me, it will, its better to have these tasty, healthier versions at hand... otherwise we'll hop over 7-11 and get a pint of something terrible (and yummy!)

Well, earlier this week, I found us out of cupcakes. It was a really sad day. We still had some of the marvelous sauce in the fridge.. and well... we didn't want it to go to waste! Onto the skinny cow it went. Yah, it ruins the "good-choice"ness of the skinny cow in the first place... but we tried!

Even if apple cupcakes aren't your thing, make a batch of sauce. It's just plain sinful and would be amazing on anything!

See the recipe...

Garrett's Tasty Cupcakes

Despite it being 90+ degrees outside, it felt like a crisp fall day in my kitchen last Sunday. Why? I had football on the kitchen radio and I was peeling apples. Seriously, what could be better? I distinctly remember thinking, as I was peeling away, with the smell of apples in my nose, that this feels like Fall. Mind you, I am neither of those people that hold on to Summer or embrace Fall once Labor Day hits - I enjoy both for different reasons... so I amused myself by taking advantage of both - and quite accidentally. I saw these cupcakes (the sauce is dreamy, too) on Garrett's site, and I had to have them!

I don't know if I was being conservative with the tin-filling, but I ended up with 19 or so cupcakes... instead of the 12 he suggests... More the merrier!

I probably undersalted the sauce, which was ok with me. I tend to shy away from salt, and I can go from finding something perfect to too salty in a flash. I overbought on apples, but I chopped them anyway and froze them. If they thaw ok, I'm totally using them to make more of these cupcakes. I loved them, my husband loved them, they rock. Nice and moist, perfect crumb. Garrett might have been well behaved enough to not lick his plate, but as I took my husband's plate from the bedroom to the kitchen, I totally licked it. (You may too, so make sure no one is looking!!!)

To make your own plate-licking sauce, waltz on over to Garrett's site for the recipe!

See the recipe...