Caramel Drops Recipe
Ingredients
| Granulated Sugar | 3 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 c. bottled milk or 1/2 c. evaporated milk and 1/2 c. water | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| 1/2 c. light cream or top milk | ||
| 2 tablesp. butter or margarine | ||
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Walnut halves | 1 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
Boil 3 c of the sugar with the milk and salt for 3 min.; then add the cream.
Meanwhile melt the remaining 3/4 c of granulated sugar in a skillet until a golden brown syrup.
Add gradually to the milk mixture while stirring.
Cook to 238°F or until a little of the mixture dropped in cold water forms a soft ball.
Remove from the heat, drop in the butter, but do not stir in, and let cool to 110F, or until lukewarm.
Add vanilla, then beat with a spoon or an electric beater at medium speed until the mixture loses its gloss, and a small amount dropped from a spoon mounds.
Drop from a spoon over walnut halves arranged in groups of two on waxed paper.
Meanwhile melt the remaining 3/4 c of granulated sugar in a skillet until a golden brown syrup.
Add gradually to the milk mixture while stirring.
Cook to 238°F or until a little of the mixture dropped in cold water forms a soft ball.
Remove from the heat, drop in the butter, but do not stir in, and let cool to 110F, or until lukewarm.
Add vanilla, then beat with a spoon or an electric beater at medium speed until the mixture loses its gloss, and a small amount dropped from a spoon mounds.
Drop from a spoon over walnut halves arranged in groups of two on waxed paper.
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