Lesson: Crackling Candy Apples

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Servings: 8 Difficulty: Advanced
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International-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Lesson: Crackling Candy Apples

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 8 Calories: 652.7

Description

This International dessert features Red apples, Granulated sugar, Water, Corn syrup, Red food colouring. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove stem from each small apple; insert wooden stir-stick, for holding, in centre of stem end.
  2. Set aside.
  3. Grease baking sheet; set aside.
  4. In 12-cup heavy-bottomed saucepan,
  5. combine sugar, water and corn syrup;
  6. cook , stirring, over medium-low
  7. heat for 8 minutes or until sugar has dissolved.
  8. heat to medium-high and bring to
  9. boil , brushing down side of pan occasionally with
  10. brush , dipped in hot water to prevent crystallization.
  11. Boil , brushing down side occasionally but not stirring, for 15-25 minutes or until soft-crack stage of 290F 143C on candy thermometer, or until 1/2 ts syrup dropped into cold water separates into hard but pliable threads.
  12. Remove syrup from heat; very quickly stir in red food colouring.
  13. Immediately plunge bottom of pan into ice water and hold for about 15 seconds or until sizzling stops.
  14. Holding each apple by the wooden stick and tilting the saucepan, swirl each apple in candy syrup until well coated all over.
  15. Lift apple and quickly swirl over pan to allow excess to drip off.
  16. Place on prepared baking sheet;
  17. let stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes or until hardened.
  18. Tip: Choose the reddest small apples available.
  19. Macintosh, Spartan and Courtland apples are excellent.
  20. Watch the boiling sugar mixture carefully, because the temperature rises quickly near the end of the cooking process and the mixture burns easily; plunging the pan into ice water stops the cooking and prevents burning.
  21. Wear rubber gloves when swirling the apples to avoid sugar burns.
  22. Store apples, loosely covered with plastic wrap, for up to 2 days at room temperature.
  23. Lesson" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories 652.7kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.4g1%
Saturated Fat 0.0g0%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 5.3mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 169.9g57%
Dietary Fiber 4.8g20%
Sugars 149.6g
Protein 0.6g2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: apples, boiling, candy, colouring, corn, crackling, dessert, food, fruits, granulated, international, lesson, red, sugar, syrup, title, vegan, water
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