Old Fashioned Caramels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 1/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Butter a 9 x 11-inch cake pan.
Melt butter in heavy 3-quart saucepan. Add sugar and mix well. Stir in corn syrup.
Cook until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 240\u00b0, soft ball.
It will take 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour into pan. Cool to room temperature. Slip spatula under corner and remove from pan.
Cut into small pieces. I wrap each piece with plastic wrap.