Taffy Apples (like The Ones Made At Kennywood Amusement Park Pit

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 5 medium apples, washed,dried and stems removed
• 2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup water
• cinnamon stick (optional)
• red food coloring
• wooden skewer, see tester note

Recipe

• 1 line a baking sheet with waxed paper or parchment paper; spray lightly with cooking spray.
• 2 insert a wooden skewer into the stem end of each apple.
• 3 combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan.
• 4 stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• 5 bring to a boil-- boil without stirring for 3 minutes.
• 6 brush down any crystals on the side of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in hot water.
• 7 boil until the syrup reaches 290 degrees (soft-crack stage, see note) and the syrup just begins to discolor.
• 8 remove the cinnamon stick.
• 9 immediately place the saucepan into a larger pot filled with hot (not boiling) water to the syrup from hardening.
• 10 add food coloring (we used about 7 drops).
• 11 working quickly, dip apples into syrup.
• 12 coat the apples evenly with the glaze.
• 13 twirl the apple at the end so the extra syrup drips off.
• 14 set the apples on prepared cookie sheet.
• 15 wait until the apples dry and cool completely before wrapping.
• 16 note: soft crack stage is achieved when firm strands can be stretched or bent when removed from the water.