Caramel Apples
Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 8 apples, small to medium size, room temperature
- 1 cup heavy cream, divided
- 3/4 cup corn syrup, clear
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Recipe
- 1 wash and completely dry the apples. insert a stick (i use tongue depressors) into the stem end of each apple.
- 2 cut 8 squares of waxed paper big enough to wrap the apple after cooled. butter each square lightly.
- 3 fit a heavy bottomed saucepan with a candy thermometer. over high heat, cook 3/4 cup of the cream, the corn syrup, butter and sugar to 280 degrees f (firm ball); at this point the syrup will be golden. remove from heat and carefully swirl in the remaining 1/4 cup cream and the vanilla. while the caramel is hot dip and turn the apples til coated, placing them one at a time in the middle of a waxed paper square. leaving them on the squares chill until caramel is set then bring paper up around apple and twist around stick. options; dip in nuts or chopped choc chips.
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