Sally's Caramels
- 2 c heavy cream
- 1 c butter
- 2 c sugar
- 1 1/2 c light corn syrup
- dash salt
- 1 t vanilla
- Stir 1 cup cream, sugar, butter, syrup, and salt.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add the other cup of cream gradually so that it doesn't stop boiling.
- Stir almost constantly until it reaches medium ball stage (238 F).
- Add vanilla and pour into a greased pan.
- Be sure to prepare the pan ahead of time.
- Grease it with a little shortening.
- It takes a long time to reach about 220-225F, then it starts to heat up quickly.
- While the caramel is boiling, brush down the sides with a wet pastry brush or wet paper towel, to dissolve any stray sugar crystals.
- Cut into squares in the pan.
- You can also wrap pieces in wax or parchment paper.
heavy cream, butter, sugar, light corn syrup, salt, vanilla
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sallys-caramels-53642 (may not work)