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How to make caramel (the easy way!)

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword caramel recipe, how to make caramel

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 cup of dark brown corn syrup
  • 1 cup 2 sticks of butter
  • 1 cup 1 can of sweetened condensed milk ( NOT evaporated milk)

Instructions

  1. Butter an 8×8 baking pan and sit aside (the paper wrappers from the butter work great.)
  2. In a large sauce pan, put in the sugar, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil on medium heat, once boiling cook for four minutes. Remove from heat.
  3. Add in the sweetened condensed milk, then put back on medium-low heat. Cook until it reaches 238 degrees with a candy thermometer.
  4. Pour into 8×8 inch baking pan and let cool completely. Cut into small pieces and wrap with wax paper.