Mary Lou's Caramels - Caramels
- 3 cups (700 ml) white corn syrup
- 3 cups (700 ml) white granulated sugar
- 1 quart (950 ml) whipping cream
- 1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml). vanilla
- Use at least a 5 quarts (4725 ml) heavy bottomed pan to help keep it from boiling over.
- Butter an approx.
- 10" x 15" pan and set aside.
- In the heavy bottomed pan, mix syrup, sugar, salt, vanilla and 2 cups (475 ml) of the whipping cream together.
- Put the pan on a burner that closely fits the bottom of the pan.
- Put the burner on Medium to Medium high heat, and stir continuously, as it starts to boil turn down the burner where the mixture is just a gentle continuous boil and you are still stirring,
- Cook until the candy thermometer reads 240 degrees (125 C.).
- Add another cup of the whipping cream and cook and stirring continuously again until the candy thermometer reads 240 degrees (125 C.).
- Add the rest of the whipping cream and cook and stir continuously again until the candy thermometer reads 241 degrees (125 C.).
- Then, immediately pour it into the well buttered pan (a 10" x 15" is a good size).
- Put the pan on a cooling rack and completely cool.
- Then cut into 1" x 1/2" squares and wrap each one in either cellophane or waxed paper.
- Store in cool place.
- May be frozen.
- Make sure your Candy Thermometer is accurate!
- Make sure that you continuously stir the mixture and keep it from sticking or burning.
white corn syrup, sugar, whipping cream, salt, vanilla
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/001C1D (may not work)