Recipe#4338

Title: Caramel Apples

From: mary1313@aol.com (MARY1313) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking 
 Date: 2 Nov 1996 12:09:24 -0500 
 Message-ID: <55fv84$8cp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> 

2 cups sugar
 1 c. sweetened condensed milk
 1/2 c. heavy cream
 1 c. Karo corn syrup
 1/2 stick (1/4 c.) butter
 2 tsp. vanilla
 Combine sugar, milk, cream, and corn syrup in a tall pot over
 medium-high heat.  Stir till combined and bubbling.  Add butter.
 Continue to stir frequently, scraping bottom of pot, till mixture
 darkens a bit.  Add vanilla. Cook until mixture reaches 260 degrees
 on a candy thermometer--this is hard ball stage--or until mixture
 forms a firm ball when dropped into ice water.  Dip apples (red
 delicious) and place on waxed paper lined cookie sheet.  (You can
 keep pot over simmering water to keep mixture from firming up.)
 Should be enough for 8 apples.  Put utensils into hot water for
 easier cleanup.