What's great about this recipe is that it's all in the microwave. You can make caramels over the stove but it involves a lot of stirring and a lot of temperature watching. It's almost fool-proof in the microwave.
You need a glass bowl - microwave safe. I didn't have one so I used a large pyrex casserole. It worked ok - splashed butter over the edge a few times. Nothing a sponge and some soapy water can't fix.
Here's the finished product - prior to wrapping.
Nick, enjoying the bowl remnants.
CARMELS
1 c light corn syrup
2 cubes butter, softened
2½ c Brown sugar
1 can Sweetened condensed milk
1/8 t Salt
1 t Vanilla
Generously butter 7x11 glass casserole dish. Set aside.
In a 3 qt bowl (glass or ceramic - not plastic or metal) mix all ingredients
together. Stir to mix well.
Heat 5 min on HIGH --- Remove, whisk 2 minutes until butter is mixed in.
Heat 5 min more on HIGH --- Remove, beat with whisk for 1 minute until well
mixed. Heat 8 min on HIGH --- Remove, whisk, pour into 7-1/2x11-3/4 buttered
casserole. Cool overnight.
Cut (**) & wrap diagonally in wax paper (3"x3" squares ***)
** cut caramels into 3/8" strips, then 10-20 pieces per strip.
*** wax paper - 15 pieces of 12" squares of wax paper yield 240 3x3 squares
(microwave) makes ~ 20 dozen
The most "annoying" part of the whole process is wrapping the caramels. Mine turned out a little on the soft side, so I froze the whole thing and then began cutting the caramel into strips and pulling each strip out of the tray. Then each strip gets cut into bite sized pieces and wrapped in a square of wax paper. We wrapped them while watched Rudolph (the old claymation movie). It went by pretty quick.
1 c light corn syrup
2 cubes butter, softened
2½ c Brown sugar
1 can Sweetened condensed milk
1/8 t Salt
1 t Vanilla
Generously butter 7x11 glass casserole dish. Set aside.
In a 3 qt bowl (glass or ceramic - not plastic or metal) mix all ingredients
together. Stir to mix well.
Heat 5 min on HIGH --- Remove, whisk 2 minutes until butter is mixed in.
Heat 5 min more on HIGH --- Remove, beat with whisk for 1 minute until well
mixed. Heat 8 min on HIGH --- Remove, whisk, pour into 7-1/2x11-3/4 buttered
casserole. Cool overnight.
Cut (**) & wrap diagonally in wax paper (3"x3" squares ***)
** cut caramels into 3/8" strips, then 10-20 pieces per strip.
*** wax paper - 15 pieces of 12" squares of wax paper yield 240 3x3 squares
(microwave) makes ~ 20 dozen
2 comments:
Yum! I'm thinking of dipping mine in chocolate with a little sprinkle of salt. I wonder if I could do them before Christmas!
I was just thinking about doing the same! I think it would work - but I'd recommend freezing the little pieces of caramel prior to dipping. That should help make them a little more manageable. Let me know how it turns out!
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