Caramel Meltaways

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 16 ounces brown sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• nuts, if desired

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a three quart saucepan.
• 2 add the brown sugar and salt.
• 3 stir until thoroughly combined.
• 4 stir in corn syrup and mix well.
• 5 gradually add condensed milk, stirring constantly.
• 6 cook and stir over medium heat to firm ball stage, or 245 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 stir in vanilla.
• 9 pour into buttered 9-inch square pan or 7 x 11-inch pan.
• 10 cool and cut into squares.