Creamy Orange Caramels
Recipe: #13228
July 20, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Halloween, July 4th, Labor Day, Mothers Day, New Years, Picnic Potluck, Romantic Dinner, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Sugar, Butter/Margarine, more
"I found this recipe in a Taste of Home magazine. This will cure any sweet tooth. You can easily change this up by sing different flavoured extracts."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (80.1 g)
- Calories 230.9
- Total Fat - 12.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.8 g
- Cholesterol - 33.3 mg
- Sodium - 130 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 28.9 g
- Protein - 1.1 g
- Calcium - 33.2 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Line and 11x7 inch dish with foil; grease foil with 1 teaspoon butter.
Step 2
In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and remaining butter.
Step 3
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Step 4
Reduce heat to medium-low; boil gently without stirring for 4 minutes.
Step 5
Remove from heat; gradually stir in milk.
Step 6
Cook and stir until candy thermometer reads 244 degrees, (firm-ball stage).
Step 7
Remove from heat and stir in the orange and vanilla extracts.
Step 8
Immediately pour into prepared dish (without scraping the saucepan).
Step 9
Let stand until firm.
Step 10
Using foil, lift out candy; remove foil.
Step 11
Using a buttered knife, cut caramel into 1 inch pieces.
Step 12
Wrap candies individually in waxed paper, twist ends.
Tips
No special items needed.