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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

DESSERT

CANDY APPLES, American

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. water
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1 t. red food coloring
• 1/2 c. white corn syrup
• 10 medium apples
• 10 wooden skewers

Preparation Instructions

Wash and dry apples, insert skewers in the blossom end. Combine sugar, water, vanilla and food coloring and cook in a large, deep pan. During cooking the crystals which form on pan should not be stirred into the candy. Continue cooking without stirring to hard crack stage (280°). Remove from heat, hold apples by skewers and dip into syrup. Put on buttered platter to cool.

Contributed by Alberta Dredla, 1960

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