Licorice Caramels

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Servings: 6 Difficulty: Advanced
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American-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Licorice Caramels

Author: chefs-mate Cooking Method: Cuisine: Courses:
Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 6 Calories: 197.0

Description

This American dessert features Butter (not margarine, Sugar, Can (1-1/4 cups) sweetened. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, 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. condensed milk 1 c Light corn syrup 1/8 ts Salt 1 ts Anise extract 1/2 ts Black or red coloring paste "A mild, unbelievably delicious licorice flavor.
  2. You'll find black and red paste for coloring these candies in specialty and cake-decorating stores.
  3. The black caramels also
  4. make great Halloween treats--"
  5. Line a 9 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over he edges of the pan.
  6. Butter the foil; set aside.
  7. In a heavy 3 quart saucepan melt the butter over low heat.
  8. Add the sugar, sweetened condensed milk, corn syrup, and salt; mix well.
  9. Carefully clip a candy thermometer to side of the pan.
  10. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently; till candy thermometer registers 244; firm-ball stage.
  11. The mixture should boil at a moderate, steady rate over entire surface.
  12. Reaching firm-ball stage should take 15 to 20 minutes.
  13. (Mixture scorches easily.) Remove from heat; remove candy thermometer from saucepan.
  14. Add anise extract and coloring, stir to mix.
  15. Quickly pour candy, without scraping into the buttered-foil-lined pan.
  16. Cool for several hours or till firm.
  17. Use foil to lift candy out of pan onto cutting board.
  18. Peel foil away; discard.
  19. With a buttered sharp knife, cut immediately into 1-inch squares; wrap individually in waxed paper

Nutrition Facts

Servings 6

Amount Per Serving
Calories 197.0kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19.7g31%
Saturated Fat 2.7g14%
Cholesterol 6.4mg3%
Sodium 19.1mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 5.9g2%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g0%
Sugars 5.9g
Protein 0.0g0%

* 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: 114, american, boiling, butter, caramels, cups, dessert, licorice, margarine, not, rice, sugar, sweetened, title, vegetarian
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