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Salted toffee brown butter caramel apples

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Read about caramels, toffee and fudge in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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  • ½ cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 tbsp brown butter
  • 2 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup corn syrup
  • ½ cup cream
  • 4 tbsp brown butter
  • 3 whole Honeycrisp apples
  • butter
Cook the butter in a sauté pan over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes until browned.
Browning the butter
For the toffee, cook the water and sugar in a heavy medium saucepan about 10 minutes to 330F.
Making the salted toffee
  • salt
Off the heat, add half the brown butter, pour onto a silpat and let harden; salt lightly and crush into small pieces.
Put the apples on skewers and refrigerate.
Skewering and chilling the apples
For the caramel, repeat the toffee process with corn syrup added; bring to 340 and let it set at 330.
Finish with the cream and the rest of the brown butter; cool at least 5 minutes before coating.
Dip the chilled apples generously in the caramel and coat with crushed toffee or another topping.
Dipping and coating the apples
Set on a non-stick surface and cool about 5 minutes.