Hazelnut Coffee Caramels
Source of Recipe
Betty Crocker Holiday
List of Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 2 tablespoon instant espresso coffee (dry)
- 1 tablespoon hazelnut syrup (coffee flavoring)
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- Chocolate-covered coffee beans, if desired
Instructions
- Line square pan, 8x8x2 inches, with aluminum foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan. Butter foil that lines bottom and sides of pan. Sprinkle hazelnuts in pan.
- Heat butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, coffee, hazelnut syrup and milk to boiling in heavy 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, to 245 on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a firm ball. Pour into pan; cool.
- Remove mixture from pan, using foil edges to lift. Cut into 8 rows by 6 rows, separating caramels as they are cut. Garnish with coffee beans. Wrap pieces individually in plastic wrap or waxed paper.
Final Comments
4 dozen candies.
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