Melt in the Mouth Caramels

By lorimar80

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 pound brown sugar
• Dash salt
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Add brown sugar and salt. Stir until thoroughly combined. Stir in corn syrup and mix well. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly.

Cook and stir over medium heat until candy reaches firm ball stage. 245 on candy thermometer. about 12 to 15 min.


Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Pour into a buttered 9 inch square pan. Cool and cut into squares.


Recipe from a 1974 cookbook

Note: This recipe makes a lot caramel, you may want to cut the recipe in half. We cut the pieces with scissors and wrapped each piece in wax paper.