Recipe#4332
Title: Candy Apples 02
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,rec.food.recipesSubject: Candy Apples
Message-ID: CunK6r.6II@bonkers.taronga.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 00:04:03 GMT
Candy Apples
8 wooden ice-cream-bar sticks8 small Red Delicious apples, washed and dreid
1 cup water
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup red-hot candies
1/2 teaspoon red food colouring
Insert a wooden stick part way through stem end of apples. Grease
large cookie sheet, set aside.
In 2 quart heavy saucepan, combine remaining ingredients. Over
medium heat, heat mixutre to boiling without stirring.
With brush dipped in hot water, occasionally brush sugar from sides
of pan.
Boil, without stirring, until candy thermometer reaches 290F, or
when a little of mixture droped into cold water separates into
thin, hard threads, about 20 minutes.
Remove syrup from heat, dip pot bottom briefly in cold water to
arrest cooking. Tip saucepan; swirl each apple in mixture to coat.
Place apples on cookie sheet to cool. Work quickly before syrup
hardens. Cool 1 hour before serving.