Carmels

Finally the last of the Holiday baking. My mom and I have tried to make carmels every single year, and they never turn out, they are rock hard or too soft. This year I had a recipe in my google reader that I wanted to try. I talked my mom into it and off we went.

The end result these carmels were AMAZING! They have such good flavor they didn’t make it into any of our goodie tins as we ate them all ourselves.

You have to try these carmels!

Carmels (From: Gimpy’s Kitchen)

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 c. corn syrup
• 2 c. heavy cream
• 1 c. butter
• 1 t. vanilla extract

Butter a 9 x 13 inch dish

In a heavy saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, 1 cup cream and butter. Bring to a boil, stirring often, then stir in remiaing 1 cup cream. Heat, without stirring to 242 degrees, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm but pliable ball. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and pour into a prepared dish. Regrigerate.

When cool, return candies to room temperature then cut into 1 inch squares and wrap in waxed paper.