Taffy Apples

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

Ingredients

• 8 small apples, clean and unblemished
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cut into small pieces)
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• lollipop sticks or skewer

Recipe

• 1 grease a cookie sheet liberaly with butter.
• 2 push stick or skewers into apples.
• 3 in a large heavy sauce pan combine sugar and water.
• 4 cook over low heat and stir continuously until sugar dissloves.
• 5 add cream of tartar, butter, vinegar, and cream and cook stirring constantly, until mixture reaches soft crack stage or 290 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• 6 remove the pan from heat.
• 7 dip each apple into mixture and coat, then place on cookie sheet.
• 8 allow taffy to cool completely before serving.
• 9 may package with colorful plastic wrap and ribbon.