Candied Apples
Prep: 10 min
Total: 45 min
Yield: 15 candied apples
Ingredients:
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15 apples
2 cups white sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 cups water
8 drops red food coloring
Preparation:
- Line two cookie sheets with foil, and coat with cooking spray. Insert 1 (6-inch) craft stick into stem end of each apple.
- Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a medium heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
- Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer registers 300 degrees F (about 8 minutes) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
- Working with 1 apple at a time, holding apple by its stick, dip in syrup, tilting pan to cover apple. Turn apple quickly to coat evenly with syrup; let excess syrup drip back into pan.
- Place apple, stick side up, on prepared cookie sheet to harden (about 5 minutes).
Tangy-sweet with just a hint of Cayenne pepper heat, this side dish is the perfect accompaniment to roasted poultry.
Folks love the wonder of having their own personal Cornish hen. The fingerling potatoes make this dish an elegant and hearty meal.





