caramel apple dip party!

I stopped by the apple orchard that is about 3 blocks from my house Saturday & picked up some beautiful apples and fresh apple cider! If you are local & haven’t checked out Farnsworth Farms you should go before our first freeze expected this week. You can pick your own apples & their orchard & country store are so charming & took me back to a simpler time.

It also reminded me that I haven’t made this caramel dip for a while. I got the recipe about 25 years ago from a sweet coworker & I’ve been making it ever since. She brought this into work to share & served it on an old wooden tray lined with colorful Fall leaves. Not only was it delicious, it was a beautiful presentation.

This is a super quick & easy recipe. You don’t need a candy thermometer & you probably have the ingredients in your pantry right now.

Caramel Dip

ingredients:

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup light or dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons light or dark Karo corn syrup

directions:

1. Melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in all other ingredients. Cook over low to medium heat until mixture begins to boil, stirring often. Boil for a minute or two stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Caramel will thicken as it cools.

2. Slice up some apples & dip apple slices into caramel & then in chopped salted peanuts. Also delicious served warm on ice cream. Better yet, make a caramel apple sundae: vanilla bean ice cream, chopped apples, caramel sauce & nuts. The caramel stores well in the refrigerator & can be reheated in the microwave if you like it warm.

If you are looking for a recipe for whole GOURMET CARAMEL APPLES, click HERE