Mexican Caramel Sundaes

Submitted by Kate DeMello

"Description:I got this recipe from the Food Network's Rachael Ray."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces store bought caramel sauce, for ice cream
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon for sauce, 1/2 teaspoon for tortillas)
• 4 8-inch flour tortillas
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 2 pints dulce de leche ice cream or 2 pints caramel-swirl ice cream
• whipped cream
• 4 ounces Spanish peanuts

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a small saucepan, warm caramel sauce over low heat and season with cayenne pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon.
3. Place tortillas on a cookie sheet and brush liberally with melted butter.
4. Sprinkle each tortilla with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon and bake until crispy and sugar has melted on the tortillas, 5 minutes.
5. Remove tortillas from oven, let cool to harden and break into large, uneven pieces.
6. Arrange the pieces of 1 tortilla in a sundae dish or on a dessert plate.
7. Top with 2 large scoops ice cream.
8. Drizzle the warm caramel sauce over each sundae using a spatula or wooden spoon.
9. Top each sundae with whipped cream swirls and Spanish peanuts.

Reviews

[rosslare]

Crispy sugared tortillas, spiced up caramel sauce, ice cream and peanuts! What's not to like!