Beer Pretzel Carmels

By Mary-10

Ingredients

• 1 12 ounce bottle brown ale
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter plus more for the dish.
• 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely crushed thin pretzels

Preparation

Step 1

Pour the beer into a glass let sit until flat about 1 hour
butter an 8 inch square baking dish. Bring half of the beer to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, cook until reduced to 2 teaspoon about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile combine the remaining beer, the brown sugar, corn syrup, cream and butter in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and cook stirring occasionally until a candy thermometer registers 235 10 to 12 minutes. remove from the heat and stir in the beer syrup and pretzels. spread in the prepared dish and chill until firm 45 minutes to one hour. cut into pieces.