Vanilla Bean & Sea Salt Amish Caramels
The recipe Vanilla Bean & Sea Salt Amish Caramels can be made in approximately 45 minutes. This gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe serves 40 and costs 11 cents per serving. This hor d'oeuvre has 67 calories, 0g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe from Alaska from Scratch requires vanilla bean paste, corn syrup, wax gourd, and sea salt. 8211 person were glad they tried this recipe. With a spoonacular score of 1%, this dish is very bad (but still fixable). Try Sea Salt Caramels with Vanilla Bean, Vanilla Bean Sea Salt Caramels with Bourbon, and Vanilla Bean Sea Salt Caramels – August SRC for similar recipes.
Servings: 40
Ingredients:
1/2c butter + more for buttering the pan
3/4c corn syrup
1c evaporated milk (or cream)
sea salt
1c sugar
1t vanilla bean paste
wax paper for wrapping
Equipment:
baking pan
dutch oven
candy thermometer
wire rack
knife
whisk
frying pan
wax paper
Cooking instruction summary:
Butter an 8x8 or 9x9 square baking pan. Set aside. To a dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the sugar, 1/4c of the evaporated milk, corn syrup, and butter. Whisk continually and bring mixture up to a boil. Stirring with one hand, slowly pour in the remainder of the milk, keeping the mixture at a boil as you add. Continue stirring and boiling until the mixture reads 235 on a candy thermometer or reaches soft ball stage. *If you do not have a candy thermometer, you can test soft ball stage by dropping a small amount of the caramel into a cup of very cold water. If it forms a soft ball, you're there. Stir in vanilla bean paste and pour caramel into buttered pan. Set pan on a cooling rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with sea salt. When cool (you can give them a quick trip to the refrigerator to firm them up and make them easier to work with), cut your caramels into the size you desire by pressing down firmly with a knife. Avoid making a sawing motion, which will deform your caramels and cause the knife to stick. Cut wax paper into rectangles appropriate to the size of your candies. Pull the caramels from the pan (they will stretch and you can simply reshape them however you like) and place them onto the wax papers. Wrap and repeat.
Step by step:
1. Butter an 8x8 or 9x9 square baking pan. Set aside. To a dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the sugar, 1/4c of the evaporated milk, corn syrup, and butter.
2. Whisk continually and bring mixture up to a boil. Stirring with one hand, slowly pour in the remainder of the milk, keeping the mixture at a boil as you add. Continue stirring and boiling until the mixture reads 235 on a candy thermometer or reaches soft ball stage. *If you do not have a candy thermometer, you can test soft ball stage by dropping a small amount of the caramel into a cup of very cold water. If it forms a soft ball, you're there. Stir in vanilla bean paste and pour caramel into buttered pan. Set pan on a cooling rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with sea salt. When cool (you can give them a quick trip to the refrigerator to firm them up and make them easier to work with), cut your caramels into the size you desire by pressing down firmly with a knife. Avoid making a sawing motion, which will deform your caramels and cause the knife to stick.
3. Cut wax paper into rectangles appropriate to the size of your candies. Pull the caramels from the pan (they will stretch and you can simply reshape them however you like) and place them onto the wax papers. Wrap and repeat.
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