Candy Apples - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium apples
1 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 white sugar
1/2 c. corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. red food coloring

Preparation

Wash and dry apples.
Stick wooden sticks into stem of apples. Combine sugar, corn syrup, water and butter in a deep saucepan. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. Continue cooking until a small amount of syrup becomes slightly brittle in cold water.
Remove from heat.
Add vanilla and coloring.
Dip apples one at a time into syrup.
Work quickly. Cool on wax paper or buttered plate.