Cosmic Crisp® Apple Pie S’mores

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Recipe by Jennie Strong, honorable mention in the 2024 Cosmic Crisp® Culinary Challenge in the Baking category.

Ingredients

Milk Chocolate Ganache
  • 8 oz milk chocolate
  • 7 oz heavy cream
  • 1 oz corn syrup
  • 1 oz butter
Graham Cracker Shortbread
  • 1/2 pound sugar
  • 1 pound butter – room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 pound bread flour
  • 1/2 graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Cosmic Crisp® Apple Pie Marshmallows

Apple pie spice (for reference):

  • 4 parts cinnamon
  • 2 parts nutmeg
  • 1 part allspice
  • 1 part ginger
  • 1/4 part cloves

Apple pie swirl filling:

  • 1 Cosmic Crisp® apple
  • 2 tsp apple pie spice
  • 1 1/2 tsp butter
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Apple Pie Marshmallows
  • 12 gelatin sheets
  • 2 oz powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup egg white powder
  • 2 oz egg whites
  • 3/4 pound sugar
  • 4 oz water
  • 6 oz honey
  • 6 oz corn syrup

Directions

Milk Chocolate Ganache

  1. Break up milk chocolate into small pieces place in bowl and set aside.
  2. Place cream corn syrup and butter into a medium saucepan.
  3. Bring to scald over medium heat and pour over chocolate.
  4. Let sit for 3 minutes or until chocolate has melted.
  5. Whisk together.
  6. Set aside at room temperature.

Graham Cracker Shortbread

  1. Cream the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla together until light and fluffy.
  2. Add in egg and briefly mix until just combined.
  3. Add in flour and graham cracker crumbs. Mix until combined.
  4. Wrap dough in cling wrap and place in cooler for 2 hours.
  5. Once ready take dough out of fridge and roll out to about 1/4 inch thick.
  6. Cut cookies out with square cookie cutter.
  7. Freeze cookies for about 2 hours and then bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cosmic Crisp® Apple Pie Marshmallows

  1. Dice Cosmic Crisp® apple into small dice.
  2. Place diced apple spice butter brown sugar salt and lemon juice into a medium saucepan.
  3. Cook on medium heat until apples are cooked and juices are released.
  4. Drain excess liquid.
  5. Set aside to cool.

Apple Pie Marshmallows

  1. Get an 8 x 8 pan and cover bottom and sides in cling wrap. Spray with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. Place sugar in a large pot and pour water over the sugar. Make sure that all the sugar is wet and the sides of the pot are clean.
  3. Add in corn syrup and honey.
  4. Boil and bring to 240 degrees Fahrenheit.
  5. While you wait bloom gelatin in cold water. Once softened put into bowl of a mixer and set up mixer with the bowl and the whisk attachment.
  6. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg whites egg white powder and the powdered sugar. Set aside.
  7. Once the sugar mixture reaches temperature slowly pour onto the gelatin in the mixer while the mixers is set to a medium speed.
  8. Keep whisking the gelatin and sugar mix until it is a beige color but still hot.
  9. Pour in egg white mixture and keep whisking until marshmallow is white and fluffy.
  10. Swirl in the Cosmic Crisp® apple pie filling.
  11. Pour marshmallows in your prepared pan and smooth and flatten out.
  12. Sprinkle on apple pie spice (optional).
  13. Let the marshmallows set.
  14. Cut marshmallows into squares slightly smaller than the size of the graham cracker shortbread cookies.

Assembly

  1. Slice a Cosmic Crisp® apple into thin slices.
  2. Take a graham cracker shortbread cookie and lay 4 thin slices of Cosmic Crisp® apples on it.
  3. Put a Cosmic Crisp® apple pie marshmallow on top.
  4. Toast with a torch (optional).
  5. Take a heaping spoonful of the milk chocolate ganache and place on top.
  6. Top with another graham cracker shortbread.
  7. Enjoy!
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Ingredients

Milk Chocolate Ganache
  • 8 oz milk chocolate
  • 7 oz heavy cream
  • 1 oz corn syrup
  • 1 oz butter
Graham Cracker Shortbread
  • 1/2 pound sugar
  • 1 pound butter – room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 pound bread flour
  • 1/2 graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Cosmic Crisp® Apple Pie Marshmallows

Apple pie spice (for reference):

  • 4 parts cinnamon
  • 2 parts nutmeg
  • 1 part allspice
  • 1 part ginger
  • 1/4 part cloves

Apple pie swirl filling:

  • 1 Cosmic Crisp® apple
  • 2 tsp apple pie spice
  • 1 1/2 tsp butter
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Apple Pie Marshmallows
  • 12 gelatin sheets
  • 2 oz powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup egg white powder
  • 2 oz egg whites
  • 3/4 pound sugar
  • 4 oz water
  • 6 oz honey
  • 6 oz corn syrup
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