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Lately, over lunch, my husband Tad and I questioned if the meals from our childhood would style nearly as good as we remembered them. Would the cinnamon monkey bread your mom purchased at Zahn’s in Buffalo be as sticky and aromatic? Would my grandmother’s beef jerky be as smoky and salty?
“Or how a couple of candied apple?” -Tad requested.
That took me out of the dreamscape. I hate candied apples – the onerous caramel coating makes you are feeling such as you’re chewing on glass and sugar water. “Okay, how a couple of sweet apple?” stated.
Caramel apples aren’t any higher: the crunchy apple ruins the buttery texture of the caramel. However apples and caramel go collectively properly when each are cooked, so I used to be questioning if I may make the caramel apple as soon as and for all for youths all over the world.
My hopes had been excessive. The outcomes had been uncertain. Bakers, I would like your assist!
I put two Empire apples and two Honeycrisp apples in an oval baking dish, poured in a pair tablespoons of honey, coated the underside of the dish with water, after which coated the dish with aluminum foil. I roasted the apples at 350 F for half-hour, then raised the warmth to 375 F and roasted them uncovered for one more 10 minutes. You may drizzle them a few instances with the honey water within the pan; I did. I cooked them this manner as a result of I needed the honey to create a sticky glaze on the apples to assist the caramel stick.
Empires had been a dumb concept: they by no means maintain their form when cooked, so the pores and skin break up and the meat turned spongy. The Honeycrisps had been higher behaved: they remained intact.
I remembered we had a miso and caramel recipe within the place. I favored the concept of a darkish, salty caramel and one that did not require a sweet thermometer. I caught thick skewers into the middle and rolled the apples within the caramel, tilting the pan on its facet so I may dip the apples. I dipped every apple thrice after which laid it out on parchment. The baked apple taste was concentrated and the pores and skin softened, however the caramel coated every part loosely and by no means set. These apples are most likely higher loved with a fork and knife than eaten with a stick. So it wasn’t actually the success I used to be on the lookout for.
Batch 1 saved me up at evening worrying that individuals would not be blissful as a result of the sweet wasn’t chewy. So I made a batch utilizing a conventional sweet with corn syrup and butter. The caramel coated the apples thickly and fantastically, and so they tasted very heat, however within the morning they appeared terrible:
My subsequent plan is to pour the caramel right into a parchment-lined muffin pan and press the baked apples to set, however it could have the identical hydration downside. You probably have ideas on how one can enhance Caramel Apples 2.0, ship them my manner and I am going to comply with up on them in just a few newsletters to any extent further, assuming I’ve gotten over my caramel worry. I am in (e mail protected)
That is miso sweet—Doubling it provides you sufficient caramel for 4 apples.
That is the frying pan I used to roast the apples:
Have a greater week than I am having!
amanda
