Candied Apples

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups corn syrup
• 1/3 cup red cinnamon candies
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 3/4 teaspoon red food coloring
• 6 medium apples

Recipe

• 1 remove stems from apples, wash, and pat dry.
• 2 insert a wooden skewer in each apple, running through the apple from stem end to base without protruding all the way through the bottom end.
• 3 combine sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies, and water in medium-sized saucepan.
• 4 cook until candies dissolve, stirring constantly.
• 5 be careful not to boil.
• 6 add cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and food coloring.
• 7 mix thoroughly.
• 8 boil mixture to 300 degrees using a candy thermometer without stirring.
• 9 while mixture is boiling, generously prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray so it's ready ahead of time.
• 10 as soon as mixture reaches 300 degrees, remove it from heat and quickly dip each apple-one by one-into the mixture until it is thoroughly coated.
• 11 set coated apples, standing on their bottoms with skewer pointing up, on baking sheet until mixture hardens.
• 12 let apples reach room temperature before eating.