Grandma Andrus World Famous Caramels
(from Peachblossm’s recipe box)
Source: Andrus family reunion 2014
Categories: dessert
Ingredients
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups dark Karo syrup
- 1 quart heavy (whipping) cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
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• Combine sugar, syrup and 3 cups cream in a large pan. Use a pan deep enough to contain mixture, as it boils up as it cooks. Stir candy constantly, over medium-high heat until thick and it reaches “soft-ball” stage.
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• Add remaining 1 cup cream and continue cooking until it reaches “hard ball” stage, or until desired hardness/temperature.
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• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
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• Pour into buttered 13 × 9 baking pan and set in cool, level place to harden.
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• When half-way cool, mark the surface with a sharp knife in half-inch squares.
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• When completely cold and hard, turn the candy out of the pan, upside down. Break along the score lines by striking softly on the back with a knife handle.
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• Wrap each caramel in a small square of waxed paper.