CEDAR POINT (Ohio) CANDIED APPLES
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 38).
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup light Karo
1 cup water
2-inch cinnamon stick
Red food coloring
6 apples
6 wooden sticks/skewers (or tongue depressors)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine first 4 ingredients in small saucepan. Stir constantly over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. Cook without stirring to 300°F (brittle), using low heat after (280°F). Wipe away sugar crystals from sides of pan, with damp cloth wrapped around a fork.
Remove from heat; remove cinnamon stick; Color syrup bright red, stirring as little as possible. Holding each apple by a stick, dip quickly in hot syrup, covering apple completely. Remove and twirl to spread syrup evenly. Place upright on rack to dry (a cake cooler may be used). Be sure apples don’t touch while drying.
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