Caramel

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 butter a square pan and set aside.
• 2 melt butter in medium sized pan. (i usually melt mine in the microwave and then add it to the pan to reduce the chance of burning).
• 3 add sugar and dash of salt. stir well.
• 4 stir in corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk.
• 5 stir constantly.
• 6 cook over medium heat to 245 degrees or firm-ball stage (12 - 15 minutes). you can test candy by dropping a spoonful into ice water and then attempting to roll it into a firm-ball with your fingers. if it goes flat, it's not done. wait until the candy actually can form a nice round ball.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 stir in vanilla.
• 9 pour into buttered pan.
• 10 set aside to cool.