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Red Candy Apples 

12 med apples skewers or ice cream sticks
2 cups sugar
1 2/3 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup water
red food coloring

Wash apples, remove stems, insert sticks.  Lightly grease cookie
sheet.

Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in saucepan. Law heat and stir till
sugar dissolves. Continue cooking over med heat, stir as little as
possible to prevent sticking. When reaches 300 degrees, remove from
heat and add food coloring. Carefully dip apples into hot syrup;
let excess drip and set on cookie sheet.

Variation:  Hot Cinnamon Apples: Foloow above. Add 1/2 tsp cinnamon
oil flavouring after removing from heat. Continue as recipe directs.

Printable version: candy-apples01.txt.