Favorite Caramel Apples

Apples dipped in a homemade caramel - a harvest time favorite. Yum!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1  cup  finely chopped salted peanuts
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2  cups  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1  cup light corn syrup
• 1  dash salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 10  tart apples, washed, dried

Directions

1. Place peanuts in small bowl. Set aside.
2. Melt butter in 2-quart saucepan; add brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full boil (10 to 12 minutes). Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a firm ball or candy thermometer reaches 245°F (20 to 25 minutes). Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
3. Dip apples into caramel mixture. Dip 1 end of each apple into peanuts. Place onto buttered waxed paper.