. Homemade Caramels

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Homemade Caramels

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The following is my most requested recipe of all time (on and off line). I’ve been helping to make these caramels since I was big enough to stand on a stool and stir with a big wooden spoon…and they are definitely request-worthy.

Caramels are not easy. I won’t lie. They are also time consuming. But they are also crowd-pleasures and completely worth it.

homemade caramels


Another thing I love about caramels…they’re a group effort. This week, my 7 and 9 year olds helped me wrap an entire batch of caramels before school. We turned up the Christmas music on the radio and wrapped them together.
Homemade Caramels
 
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Recipe type: candies
Ingredients
  • ½ lb butter
  • 2 cups light corn syrup
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 (15 oz ) cans sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. Before you start cooking: measure 2 cups corn syrup; set aside. Mix together sweetened condensed milk and flour; set aside. Have everything close by. Spray a 9×13 pan with Pam or spread with butter, bottom only.
  2. Melt butter in a large (3 qt or larger) non-stick pan. Add corn syrup and sugar. Bring to boil on med heat, stirring often, and boil for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove pan from heat and stir in milk/flour mixture. Boil over med heat, stirring constantly until mixture darkens and reaches a medium hard ball stage (235º on candy thermometer).
  4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Turn into greased pan and cool completely.
  5. Cut into 2 inch pieces on a cutting board sprayed with Pam (I remove a strip at a time to the cutting board). Wrap pieces in small squares of wax paper (I make my papers about 3x5 inches).
  6. This recipe makes over 100 pieces, but really I lose count every time.

 
Note: Be prepared to stir for a long time. It usually takes me about 45 minutes straight of stirring. Yes, my arms do get tired, but that’s why we take turns and make it a family event.

And then? We eat them together. Yum!
 

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Lolli has written 3740 post in this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

Comments

  1. I have never made caramels with flour before. What does this add to the recipe? I have made caramels every year with a very similar recipe, the only difference is the flour.

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