Recipe - Maple Caramel Apples

1 pound Dark brown sugar
1 One half cup Maple syrup
One half cup Heavy cream
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
10 Granny Smith or other tart
apples; chilled

In a deep heavy saucepan combine the brown sugar, maple syrup, and cream
and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring and washing down any
sugar crystals clinging to the sides of the pan with a brush dipped in cold
water, until the sugar is dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil
it, undisturbed, until a candy thermometer registers 250 degrees F. Remove
the pan from the heat, add the butter, and swirl the pan gently until the
butter is melted. Let the maple caramel cool for 5 minutes.

Push a wooden skewer or chopstick through the length of each apple and
holding the apples by the skewers dip the apples 1 at a time in the maple
caramel, coating them well and letting the excess drip off. Put the apples
on buttered baking sheets until the maple caramel is cool and firm. Serve
the apples immediately.

Yield: 10 caramel apple
Recipe By : COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8747

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #265

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:03:35 0500

From: "Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net

NOTES : (Courtesy of Gourmet Magazine)