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| Candy Apples |
Recipe Type: Dessert
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 6 apples
- 6 wooden or bamboo skewers
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 6 whole cloves
- 1 tsp. red food coloring
- cinnamon red hots candies, crushed (optional)
- flaked coconut or chopped nuts
Instructions
- Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray, brush with vegetable oil or line with a silicone sheets.
- Remove stems from apples. Insert a skewer into each apple through the stem end.
- In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar with the water and cream of tartar. Add lemon juice, cloves and crushed cinnamon red hots (if using).
- Add red food coloring. Boil the mixture, without stirring, until the temperature reaches 310°F on a candy thermometer or until the sugar mixture reaches the hard crack stage.
- Remove saucepan from heat. Dip apples into the syrup, turning to coat. If a coconut or nut coating is wanted, roll the apples in the coating while still warm.
- Leave the apples on the cookie sheet to cool.
- Makes 6 apples.