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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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McIntosh Apples are delightfully good dipped in an easy-to-make creamy caramel. For your trick-or-treaters, decorate the apples with orange and black sprinkles or tinted coconut. They'll be ghoul-iscious!! Ingredients:
2 cups whipping cream |
2 cups granulated sugar |
1/4 cup crisco shortening |
1/2 cup dark corn syrup |
12 medium mcintosh apples, washed and stemmed |
12 wooden craft sticks |
Directions:
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Fill a large bowl half-full with ice.
2. In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan combine cream, sugar (so caramel will not boil over) shortening, and corn syrup; bring to boil over medium heat. Continue cooking until temperature registers 245F on a candy thermometer, about 12-15 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and briefly plunge the saucepan into ice water to stop the caramel from cooking. Remove from ice water and let mixture cool a few minutes.
4. Insert a craft stick in to the stem end of each apple. Dip one apple into the caramel, coat the top and sides with caramel using a spoon. Transfer to prepared baking sheet to cool. Repeat with remaining apples.
5. OPTION TOPPINGS: chocolate-covered toffee bits, crushed macadamia nuts, crushed peanuts, seasonal sprinkles, tinted coconut or chopped candy corn.
6. NOTE: Use 5-inch craft sticks, 1/4-inch in diameter. Serve in seasonal cupcake liners.
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