Caramels - SMN
Ingredients:
1 cup butter or margarine
2 1/4 cups packed brown sugar (16oz bag)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Procedure:
Line 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 pan with foil, extend over edges. Butter foil.In saucepan, melt butter. Add sugar, milk, and corn syrup. Cook and stir constantly over medium-high heat until boiling. Continue to stir until mixture reaches firm ball stage (15-20 minutes), 248 degrees (If you drop mixture into ice water, it will form a ball, but flatten when you pick it up). Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour immediately into pan. Let set until firm. Pop out of foil and cut into 1 inch squares with a buttered knife and wrap in plastic wrap. Keeping in fridge will keep it fresh. Great over popcorn. I like to cut them into smaller pieces, refrigerate and then dip in chocolate (using toothpicks or even better, city chicken sticks to help dip works well). Cool on wax paper.