Candy Apples - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 medium apples
3 c. sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 c. water
1 tsp. red food coloring
wooden skewers

Preparation

Wash and dry apples.
Remove stems.
Insert skewers in apples. Combine sugar, syrup and water in heavy saucepan.
Mix well. Cook without stirring to 285\u00b0 on candy thermometer.
Remove from heat.
Add red food coloring.
Hold each apple by skewers and quickly twirl in syrup; allow excess to drip off.
Put on lightly buttered pan.