Couture Caramel Apples
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
- Total: 30 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Cook: 15 min
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
6 Granny Smith apples
1/2 stick butter, softened
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Toppings:
Chopped pecans
Toasted coconut
Ginger snap crumbs
Halloween sprinkles
Special equipment: 6 chopsticks
Directions
- Put the sugar in a saucepan and add the corn syrup and salt. Give it a nice stir. Put on the stove over medium-high heat. The sugar will dissolve, get nice and clear, and then start bubbling and turn a golden brown.
- Meanwhile, poke a chopstick through the center of each apple.
- Once the caramel is nice and brown, stir in the butter. Turn off the heat. Add the cream, but be really careful because it releases a lot of steam. (I wear an oven mitt to stir.) Then add the vanilla and mix in. Have a bowl of ice and water, and put a metal bowl on top. Scrape the caramel into the metal bowl. Let the caramel cool a bit in the ice bath.
- Dip the apple in the bowl, coating with the caramel. Use a rubber spatula to help the process, if needed. Then dip the coated apples into the toppings of your choice, place on a plate and let harden up a bit.