Caramel Apples

Photo by Charles Schiller

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup heavy cream
½ cup light corn syrup
2 cups packed light brown sugar
8 small apples, preferably Granny Smith (about 3 pounds)

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Stem, wash and dry apples and insert Popsicle sticks in center of stem ends. Fill a large bowl halfway with ice cubes and water. 2. Combine sugar, corn syrup, cream and butter in a medium-size, heavy-bottom saucepan. Cook over low heat, gently stirring once ...

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Variations on Caramel Apples

- 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3-1/2 Tbs. unsalted butter, cut into 3 pieces
- 1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate morsels
- Pecan halves (optional)
- 1 (14-ounce) bag caramels, unwrapped
- 6 large Granny Smith apples
- +3 other ingredients
- 10 wooden sticks
- 1 pound caramel squares
- 2 pounds lady apples or tart apples, such as Macouns or Winesaps