Christmas Caramels
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Add two cups of sugar and two cups of corn syrup to a large pot.
- 2Put it over the heat and keep stirring.
- 3Bring it to a boil.
- 4Keep boiling it until the sugar goes from clear to a buttery brown.
- 5Add water to a saucepan.
- 6Put a glass bowl on top to make a double boiler.
- 7Add whipping cream and sweetened condensed milk to the bowl.
- 8Stir sugar mixture.
- 9Wait for it to brown.
- 10Watch the whipping cream mixture and mix it.
- 11After sugar is golden, add the milk mixture a tablespoon at a time to the sugar mixture, and stir.
- 12Bring the mixture up to 240 degrees.
- 13Remove it from the heat.
- 14Add vanilla and salt.
- 15Butter a baking sheet.
- 16Pour the caramel on top.
- 17Add flakey sea salt to the top.
- 18Let it sit overnight before cutting into squares.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups corn syrup
- 3 cups whipping cream
- 0.5 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon salt
- flakey sea salt
- butter
Equipment
baking sheetlarge potsaucepanglass bowlcandy thermometer
Tips
- The caramel needs to set overnight.
- Do not let the whipping cream mixture boil, just get hot.
- Cook sugar and corn syrup mixture until it goes from clear to butter brown.