Collins Family Closely Guarded Caramel Recipe

Submitted by Kmac

"This recipe was my Gramma Collins'... passed down to my Dad...and then to me. It WAS closely guarded, until I posted it here to share with other family members. Caramel making was an annual event that we now share with our kids."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 36 squares

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1⁄2 lb butter
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

directions

1. Combine sugar, corn syrup and butter in a heavy pan. Heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Add 1/2 of cream and continue to heat, stirring often until it comes to a boil. Add remainng cream slowly, and let boil. Continue stirring and boiling until firm ball forms in cold water (takes a while -- maybe 20 minutes). Stir in vanilla and nuts and pour in buttered 8x8 pan. Cool completely, and then cut into squares and wrap in squares of wax paper. (Cut a couple until you make sure they're the right size -- ).