Caramel Apples

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 apples, any variety
• 1 cup chopped peanuts or 1 cup other nuts, of your choice
• 1 cup heavy cream, divided
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 wash completely dry the apples.
• 2 insert a stick into the stem end of each.
• 3 line a 9-by-inch or 7-by-11-inch baking pan with foil.
• 4 place the chopped nuts into lined pan.
• 5 fit a heavy-bottomed saucepan with a candy thermometer.
• 6 over high heat, cook 3/4 cup of the cream, the corn syrup,butter,and sugar to 280 f firm ball; at this point the syrup will be golden.
• 7 remove from the heat and carefully swirl in the remaining 1/4 cup of cream and the vanilla.
• 8 use caution: this is very hot, and it may splatter.
• 9 while the caramel is hot, dip and turn the apples into the caramel to coat and let the excess drip off.
• 10 dip the bottoms into the chopped nuts.
• 11 arrange the apples on a nonstick or waxed paper- lined cookie sheet and let dry.