Carnival Candy Apples - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 medium red Delicious apples
2 c. sugar
3/4 c. water
1 c. light Karo syrup
1 to 2 tsp. red food coloring
12 skewers or popsicle sticks

Preparation

Butter cookie sheet generously.
Mix sugar, water, syrup and coloring in heavy saucepan.
Boil, without stirring, until reaching hard-crack stage.
Push sticks in apples through stem side.
Dip apples quickly in syrup, twirling until completely covered.
Stand on cookie sheet.
Chill in refrigerator until hardened.