Caramel Apple Shortbread Tarts – Turley Hill

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons corn starch
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups diced apple, diced into pieces about 1″, 2 large apples, about 1 pound
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 8 ounces of very soft butter (2 sticks) I use salted butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup corn starch
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 ounces store-bought caramels, I use 12 Wether’s Soft Caramels
• 2 teaspoons cream or half and half, maybe a bit more