CIN'S CREAM CHEESE-CARAMEL BITES...'AKA' CIN'S PULL APARTS

Cin's Cream Cheese-Caramel Bites...'aka' Cin's Pull Aparts image

I have been making a variation of these since the late 1950's. We used to make our own buttermilk biscuit dough back then, or, sourdough biscuit dough to make them with. But after discovering the canned refrigerator biscuits I quickly learned they made making these a lot easier. They are popular again in a variety of...

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Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 can(s) large grands buttermilk biscuits
1 (8oz pkg) cream cheese
1 c splenda (you can use sugar if you are allowed)
1 1/4 c brown sugar splenda (again you can use regular br. sugar)
2 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 stick butter (melted with 1/2 t pure vanilla added)
2 c pecan pieces
1/3-to-1/2 cup heavy cream

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350dF Spray a 9X13-inch cake pan with Pam (or some kind of non-stick cooking spray)
2. Melt the butter and vanilla in a pie plate or bowl for dredging. In another pie plate or bowl mix together both sugars (white and brown) with the cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Cut each refrigerated biscuits into 4 quarters. Take a small amount of cream cheese on the end of a knife and place some cream cheese in the middle of each of the biscuit quarter. Fold or roll the biscuit quarter around the cream cheese then dredge thru the melted vanilla-butter; then roll it in the sugar mixture to coat
4. Start layering the coated biscuits bites in the cake pan (covering bottom of pan first). When you have about 1/2 of them in the pan, sprinkle some of the sugar mixture and pecan pieces over the top....then continue until all are coated and added in the pan. Sprinkle some more of the sugar mixture and nuts over the top again and place cake pan in oven to bake at 350dF for 30 to 38 minutes (or until done).
5. When biscuits bites are just about finished baking make a Caramel Glaze. Place what's left of the sugar mixture, melted vanilla-butter, cream cheese and nuts into a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Just after it comes to a boil, turn heat down to a simmer, add the heavy cream and stir until thickened, but will still drizzle.
6. Remove pan of biscuit bites from oven when they are finished baking. Then drizzle the Caramel Glaze all over the top. If you like more nuts, sprinkle a few more pecan pieces on top.
7. NOTE: If you didn't have enough of the ingredients left to make enough glaze, just add a little more of each ingredient to your saucepan to ensure you have enough. I do not measure, I eyeball most everything......therefore my measurements on the ingredients above are approximate.