Caramels

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 60
Yield: 60 servings

Description

This caramel recipe uses simple ingredients like sugar, corn syrup, evaporated milk, butter, and cream to make satiny-smooth, soft homemade caramels.

Ingredients

1 pint heavy whipping cream
2 cups white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup evaporated milk
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1 Grease a 12x15-inch pan; set aside. Attach a candy thermometer to a medium-size pot.
2 Place whipping cream, white sugar, brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and evaporated milk into the prepared pot. Cook and stir mixture over medium heat until temperature reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Remove the pot from heat.
3 Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture into the prepared pan; let cool completely.
4 Cut caramel into 60 small squares.
5 Wrap them in waxed paper for storage.