been spent purchasing pieces of costumes, gathering candy and celebrating a birthday. It is my son L.'s 8th birthday this week. We started celebrating on Monday night and have chosen a new activity each night since then. Today we spent the afternoon carving pumpkins and making caramel apples. Instead of the traditional wrapped caramels I'm sure everyone grew up with, I choose to make my own caramel. If you take the time to follow the recipe and have a candy thermometer it's really quite simple. Plus there is alot of extra caramel left to make a pan of caramels.
The recipe for the caramels I used to dip the apples in was found at http://www.foodnetwork.com/, search under golden caramels. The recipe was relatively simple and turned out really well on the first try.
*I used Cinnamon sticks in the apples instead of Popsicle sticks.
Dipping the apples- submerge the apples in the warm caramel, use a wooden spoon to spoon the caramel down the sides. Remove from caramel and place on a baking sheet with waxed paper or a silpat. Let cool.
Dipping the apples- submerge the apples in the warm caramel, use a wooden spoon to spoon the caramel down the sides. Remove from caramel and place on a baking sheet with waxed paper or a silpat. Let cool.
Note to self- Do not let kids put pop rocks on hot caramel, they become projectile candies!
We used the remaining caramel to make a pan of soft caramel I let the kids decorate. After they have cooled slice into small squares and enjoy!
2 comments:
What a great idea to use cinnamon sticks rather than popsicle sticks. Homemade caramel must have made these extra special.
I love the cinnamon sticks!! These look wonderful and such great fun for kids to be involved in making. Not that I would've thought of it but good point about the pop rocks (cool! I mean, be careful!)
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