Candy Apples
 
Candy apples made with cinnamon and nutmeg and with tree branches instead of Popsicle sticks!
Ingredients
For the apples:
  • 6 apples, washed with soap (I prefer softer, sweeter varieties of apples but most recipes recommend harder, more sour ones. Use soap to remove any wax that may be on your apple. Not removing the wax may cause the candy to slide off.)
  • 6 Popsicle sticks or branches, washed
For the candy coating:
  • ½ cup (125ml) light corn syrup
  • 2 cups (400g) sugar
  • ¾ cup (190ml) water
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 10 drops red food colouring
Method
Prepare the apples:
  1. Remove the stems of the apples and stick a Popsicle stick or branch into each apple so that the stick is upright when the apple sits on a flat surface. Place the apples on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Prepare the candy coating:
  1. Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture boils. Once the mixture boils do not stir anymore. Cook until the mixture reaches 295°F (measured with a candy thermometer) or until when a few drops of the candy dropped into cold water turn into threads that when bent will bend slightly and then crack. Obviously, it is much easier to make this recipe with a candy thermometer.
Dip the apples:
  1. Dip each apple at a 45° angle into the candy coating. Swirl each apple in the candy and then remove it and place it back onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet until the candy hardens, about twenty minutes.
Recipe by IronWhisk at http://www.ironwhisk.com/2012/10/candy-apples/