EFCs- Extremely Fat Caramels

 by OwlsAndCake
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This is too much. Too much butter. Too much cream. Too much sugar. Perfect for a skinny kid trying to fatten up after a bout of the flu(I). Bad for diets. Bad for hearts. Bad for arteries.  Bad.....but sooo good.
 
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Step 1: Recipe. All you need.

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3/4 cup  heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
rounded 1/2 teaspoon + 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup  light corn syrup
1 cup  sugar
4 tablespoons salted butter, cubed, at room temperature


1. Line a 9-inch loaf pan with foil and grease the inside with butter.

2. Heat the cream with 2 tablespoons of the butter in a small saucepan with the vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt until the mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat, cover, and keep warm while you cook the syrup.

3. In a medium, heavy duty saucepan , fitted with a candy thermometer, heat the corn syrup, with the sugar, and cook, stirring gently, to make sure the sugar melts smoothly. Once the mixture is melted together and the sugar is evenly moistened, only stir is as necessary to keep it from getting any hot spots.

4. Cook until the syrup reaches 310ºF.

5. Turn off the heat and stir in the warm cream mixture, until smooth.

6. Turn the heat back on and cook the mixture to 260F (127C).

7. Remove the pan from the heat, lift out the thermometer, and stir in the cubes of butter, until it’s melted and the mixture smooth.

8. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and wait ten minutes, then sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of the sea salt over the top. Set on a cool rack and let cool completely. Once cool, lift out the foil with the caramel, peel away the foil, and slice the bar of caramel with a long, sharp knife into squares.
melysfach says: Dec 11, 2012. 11:23 AM
I've just made these and have to say that they aren't going to last long once their cool!!
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to melysfachDec 11, 2012. 9:50 PM
Hmm, how so?
pbarton1 in reply to OwlsAndCakeDec 12, 2012. 6:12 AM
I think because they'll eat them all. :)
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to pbarton1Dec 12, 2012. 5:25 PM
Ohhh, I see! Hooray for that! I'm slow....
canida says: Mar 30, 2012. 2:12 PM
Oh YUM. I am on a caramel kick right now, and these look fabulous.
AussieAnglerGal says: Mar 29, 2012. 8:20 PM
again i must say
....woahhhhh....
i'm Defiantly going to make this
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to AussieAnglerGalMar 30, 2012. 1:22 PM
Yes! You should!
Cat on my Lap says: Mar 29, 2012. 9:11 PM
Do these keep/ship well? I might make a batch for a transatlantic journey...
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to Cat on my LapMar 30, 2012. 12:27 AM
The recipe said that they keep for about a month, but they should be individually wrapped first so they don't stick. And they might get a bit squished out of shape, but they'll still taste good! I wish you better luck than I had on my great marshmallow journey.... :)
mygibzone says: Mar 29, 2012. 12:22 PM
These look INCREDIBLE! Enter them in the scoochamaroo finger food challenge too!
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to mygibzoneMar 29, 2012. 4:31 PM
Thank you!!!! Yay. i definetely will(enter this)! :)
AussieAnglerGal says: Mar 26, 2012. 5:19 PM
.......wooooah..........
OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to AussieAnglerGalMar 27, 2012. 5:56 PM
Yay
lemonie says: Mar 26, 2012. 1:09 PM
Don't tell anyone you made it. Keep it forever a secret.
This is contradictory to you posting it on the internet.

L

OwlsAndCake (author) in reply to lemonieMar 26, 2012. 8:23 PM
Hehe.... True. although, I was sorta talking about the fact that you made them.

But heh heh anyway. Btw good name!
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