Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 8 apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or vinegar or 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar)
- 2 teaspoons food coloring (red)
Instruction
- Wash and pat dry your apples. Place a wooden stick or tree stick in the middle of each apple reaching as deep as you along the length of the apple.
- Make sure the apple is firmly attached to that stick.
- Place the apples on a parchment paper.
- In a medium to small pot, add the ingredients all together and place on medium high heat until it starts to boil.
- At that point lower the heat to medium and place a candy/oil thermometer in the pot.
- Allow the sugar to boil gently for approximately 12 mins until the thermometer registers hard crack stage or 300 degrees F.
- Remove from the heat and immediately begin dipping the apples.
- Tilt the pan to make dipping easier. Dip one apple at a time swirling around the sugar mixture and hold each apple onto of the pan so that any excess sugar drops.
- Place the cited apple on the parchment paper and repeat with the remaining apples.
- If the sugar mixture begins to harden or thicken up, place it back on the heat for a few seconds until it becomes runny again.
- Allow the apples to cool for at least 30 mins to an hour. Remove from the parchment and serve.