Brown Sugar Caramels
- Vegetable oil for coating pan
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Oil an 8-by-8-by-2-inch square pan.
- Cut a piece of wax paper to fit bottom of pan; oil.
- Place paper in pan and reserve.
- Combine cream and milk in a 2-quart souffle dish.
- Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap.
- Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power microwave oven for 3 minutes.
- Prick plastic to release steam.
- Remove from oven and uncover.
- Stir in sugars until dissolved.
- Cook, uncovered, for 18 minutes, stirring carefully twice.
- Remove from oven and stir in butter until melted.
- Pour into the reserved pan, scraping thoroughly.
- Refrigerate until set firm, several hours or overnight.
- Run the tip of a small knife around inside edge of pan.
- Use the knife to lift the caramel and paper out of the pan.
- Cut into small squares.
- Peel the paper away from the caramels.
- Wrap and store in refrigerator
vegetable oil, heavy cream, milk, sugar, brown sugar, unsalted butter
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1316 (may not work)