Recipe for cooking caramel apples

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Candies and Confections

Caramel Apples

In a heavy saucepan mix 1 c. sugar, 1/2 c. light corn syrup, 1 lrg. can sweetened condensed milk and 1/8 tsp. salt. Stir until sugar is well blended. Cook slowly, stirring gently, until a sm. amount of the mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water (234 degrees F on a candy thermometer).

Remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring; cool slightly. Insert wooden skewer in stem end of each of 4 to 6 washed and dried red eating apples. Working quickly, dip apples in caramel and twirl until well coated. Coat with chopped nuts, if desired. Put apples, stem side up, on a buttered plate or wax paper to harden.

Makes approximately 4 to 6.