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How To Make Apple Candy

Candy apples – sweet, tart and crunchy. Brilliantly, brightly red. Sooooo shiny. Geez, they’re just plain freaking fun.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. red gel food coloring
baking spray
1/2 tsp. cinnamon extract (optional)
1/4 cup demerara sugar (optional)
1 tsp. pumpkin spice (optional)
6 medium apples

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
parchment paper
candy thermometer
6 candy apple sticks

Step how to make Apple Candy
1. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan mix together 2 cups sugar, 3/4 cups water, 1/2 cup light corn syrup, 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring (I use the gel kind, like this) and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon extract (optional).

The mixture will be bright red like this.

2. Set up your candy thermometer so that the tip is in the mixture and is not touching the bottom of the pot. Put it over high heat and bring it to a boil. Leave it bubbling on high. It’ll look like this.

You keep letting it bubble like that on high until it gets to be between 300ºF and 310ºF. You’re going to do some other stuff while the mixture is heating, but beware! It might seem like it’s taking forever to heat but once it gets to the 230ºF everything speeds up. So keep your eye on it while you’re multi-tasking. The whole thing will take around 20 minutes.

3. While the sugar mixture is coming to temperature, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray it with baking spray. This is so your hot candy doesn’t stick while it’s hardening.

4. Wash and dry your apples.

5. Get your sticks ready. I’m using some twigs here. Here are some other ideas for sticks.You can also get specialized sticks that are just for candy apples online here.

6. Stick the sticks down into the tops of the apples. You want to get a good ways in. If your sticks are long, go all the way but not through the other end. If they’re shorter, getting halfway into the apple is good enough.

Apple on a stick!

7. Mix together 1/4 cup demerara sugar and 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice (you can leave out the pumpkin spice if you want. What’s crucial is the sugar).

8. Sprinkle the sugar mixture onto your prepared pan.

10. Then put the apples on your prepared pan to harden. They’ll be hard and ready to eat within 10 minutes. It’s kind of amazing how fast it happens. And it’s amazing how good they taste!

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