Cakes? Cookies? Nope. Let's try candy!I found this recipe in the beautiful book: Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook by Jacques Pepin. (Thanks Jessica for showing me this new library book!) Eventually, I want to make caramel apples - the perfect fall food!
This is a test.Look closely.
Yes, you see 225 degrees on the left. Then 275 degrees on the right. What should be in the middle? Perhaps 250? Well, no, you didn't buy MY thermometer!
220 degrees?! Is this the new math that kids are learning today?!??! I'm blaming the disaster first batch on these "special numbers"...I was looking for 240 degrees, which I thought would be near the LARGE 220 degrees label...well, you can guess what happened. (By the way, burnt caramel doesn't smell so great.)
So here is how caramel comes together. First, a mixture of water, light corn syrup and sugar come to a boil.
You add heated butter and heavy cream to the boiling mix and let it get to 240 degrees or the softball stage. After about 6 minutes of boiling and bubbling, the yummy smelling mixture gets poured into a loaf pan. Let it sit for 4 hours to cool off and firm up...then wrap with cute wax paper pieces!
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