Homemade Salted Caramels
Homemade salted caramels made great gifts and are really easy to make. Try this simple step by step recipe for your holiday gift giving.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 sticks of butter 3/4 cup
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon coarse salt
Instructions
- Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Then line it with parchment paper.
- In a heavy saucepan combine butter, granulated sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup of heavy cream.
- Heat on high heat and stir gently until melted.
- When it comes to a low boil add a candy thermometer onto the side of the pan.
- Once the thermometer reaches 240 degrees carefully add the second cup of cream.
- Continue to let it boil until it darkens and reaches 248 degrees.
- Remove from heat.
- Carefully stir in the vanilla.
- Spray the parchment and pour the caramel into the prepared pan.
- Wait 20 minutes and then sprinkle the coarse salt over the top.
- Allow the caramel to cool completely. You can refrigerate it to speed up the process.
- Flip over the pan onto a cutting board.
- Remove parchment.
- Using a sharp knife cut into 1/2 x 2-inch pieces. (I cut 1/2 lengths from the slab and then cut them into four pieces. )
- Cut pieces of parchment paper about 5 x 3 inches to wrap candy and twist the ends.
Notes
Use a heavy deep pan as the liquid tends to bubble up and get messy.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 64kcalCarbohydrates: 7gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 101mgSugar: 7g
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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