Candied Apples

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 red delicious apples
• 12 wooden skewers
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon red food coloring
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup peanuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 grease a large cookie sheet and set aside. wash and dry apples.
• 2 insert a stick through stem, leaving about two inches sticking out. in saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, food coloring and water.
• 3 cook, stirring constantly, until ingredients are dissolved and liquid boils.
• 4 set a candy thermometer in mixture and continue cooking, without stirring until temperature reaches 290 degrees, about 20 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile place chopped peanuts in a bowl.
• 6 remove syrup from heat and dip the apples, one by one, to coat evenly.
• 7 work quickly.
• 8 as you dip each apple roll in peanuts to coat then place on prepared cookie sheet. let apples cool for at least an hour.