State Fair Red Candy Apples Recipes

STATE FAIR RED CANDY APPLES

Steps:

• 1. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Wash and dry apples and put popsickle sticks in them and have them ready to be dipped into the hot candy.
• 2. Spray a large pot with cooking spray.Put a candy thermometer on side of pot(do not let it touch bottom). On high temperature, mix all ingrediants, STIRRING CONSTANTLY(this will take awhile).Allow temperature to reach 277 degrees(or soft crack). DO NOT OVERCOOK.You know candy is ready when it forms a ball when a little dropped in a glass of cool water.
• 3. Immediately remove from heat. And start dipping apples in the HOT candy.BE CAREFULL, THE CANDY IS EXTREMELY HOT!!!After dipping apples in candy, swirl apple around to keep candy on apple and let the apple drip for a few seconds and put them on the greased cookie sheets.WORK FAST, as the hot liquid as it cools will get hard.
• 4. When finished dipping all the apples, make sure you put some HOT water in your pot and get the candy out as soon as possable, or you will have a big mess. Also clean all candy drippings, spoons, etc. This candy when dry, dries like glue.
• 5. If you want to cool fast, put in refrigerator for a few minutes. But do not store in refrigerator, because the candy will slide right off the apple. Keep in airtight container when hard or wrap in wax paper.

CANDY APPLES

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; butter parchment, and set aside. In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine sugar, 3/4 cup water, corn syrup, and food coloring, if using. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium-high. Insert candy thermometer and continue to boil until temperature reaches between 300 degrees and 310 degrees (hard crack stage), about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, insert a wooden stick into the top of each apple, pushing about halfway through; set aside. When mixture reaches temperature, immediately remove from heat. Working quickly, dip apples in sugar mixture until completely coated. Transfer to prepared baking sheet; allow to cool.

STATE FAIR CANDY APPLE JELLY

Steps:

• Measure apple juice and cinnamon candies into an 8 quart saucepan.
• Heat and stir to melt candies.
• Measure sugar into a separate bowl.
• Stir in fruit pectin into fruit juice in saucepan.
• Add butter.
• Bring to a boil (rolling) stirring constantly.
• Quickly stir in all sugar.
• Return to full rolling boil and boil EXACTLY 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Skim off foam and ladle into pint jars leaving 0.125 inch head space.
• Process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.

CANDIED APPLES II

Steps:

• Lightly grease cookie sheets. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
• Holding apple by its stick, dip in syrup and remove and turn to coat evenly. Place on prepared sheets to harden.

OLD-FASHIONED RED CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Mix 1st 3 ingredients in saucepan.
• Put on high heat with candy thermometer positioned in center of fluid level.
• While it is boiling, thoroughly wash and dry your apples, and spear with the sticks.
• Boil mixture until reaches hard crack (300ºF), then immediately add red food coloring and stir.
• Quickly immediately dip the apples, twisting to cover, and set on a greased cookie sheet.