Recipe: Caramel Apples On A Stick

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I am making these tonight for my husband's work and son's school (oi

vey, over 20 apples to caramel *LOL*!)

 

One tip .. if you want them drizzled with chocolate ..melt chocolate

chips - OR a broken up chocolate bar - in a ziplock baggie in the

microwave, cut a tiny hole in a bottom corner of the baggie and squeeze

over apples - like using a pastry bag

 

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

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Caramel Apples

 

http://www.foodtv.com/foodtv/recipe/0,6255,17105,00.html

 

Recipe courtesy Wayne Harley Brachman, Retro Desserts, Harper Collins

Publishers, 2000

 

8 apples, any variety

1 cup chopped peanuts or other nut of your choice

1 cup heavy cream, divided

3/4 cup light corn syrup

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Wash and completely dry the apples. Insert a stick into the stem end of

each.

 

Line a 9-by-9-inch or 7-by-11-inch baking pan with foil. Place the

chopped nuts into the lined pan.

 

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 the heat and carefully swirl in the remaining 1/4 cup of cream and

the vanilla. Use caution; this is very hot and it may splatter.

 

While the caramel is hot, dip and turn the apples into the caramel to

coat and let the excess drip off. Dip the bottoms into the chopped nuts.

Arrange the apples on a nonstick or waxed paper-lined cookie sheet and

let cool.

 

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes