Although, you may think that making your own toffee apples sounds like a lot of hard work, without a guarantee of having a delicious treat to eat at the end. I'm here to let you know it doesn't need to be this way at all!
By simply following the steps below, you could be tucking into your very own toffee apples in a matter of hours. You'll never want to buy the store-made variety again!
Ingredients -
Make sure the apples you get look absolutely delicious, even without being toffee covered.
Method
- Firstly, you need to prepare the apples by removing the stalks completely.
- Then, put the apples into a large bowl and allow them to soak in boiling water for a short amount of time. This will remove any waxy coating from the apple, which allows the caramel to stick to the apple more easily.
- These apples are ready to be smothered in toffee.
- Now, just skewer each apple with a large stick, that will be used as a handle.
Place the apples on some baking paper you've placed next to the stove.
- Put all the sugar into a pan, along with 100ml of water and cook for 5 minutes on a medium heat.
- Once the sugar starts to dissolve, add in the vinegar and golden syrup and mix constantly.
- If you have a sugar thermometer available, use it to make sure that the mixture reaches 140°c. Another method to check if the temperature is correct, is to pour a tiny amount of the toffee into a bowl of cold water. The toffee will harden instantly and be easy to break once removed from the bowl. If the toffee hasn't reached this stage, you will need to continue boiling.
- Once ready, dip each apple into the pan and twist the apple around to make sure it's fully covered. Allow the excess to drip off back into the pan before placing the covered apple back on the baking paper to solidify.
- You need to allow the toffee to cool off before diving into it, however long the wait might seem, you have to do so before but you can enjoy 1 of your 5 a day.
Your delicious toffee apples are now ready to to eat.
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