Gingerbread Caramels

Name: Gingerbread Caramels
Prep time: 1 d
Cook time: 1 d
Total time: 1 d
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt; 177 milliliters light corn syrup; 118 milliliters chopped crystallized ginger; 1 (2 inch) gingerroot, peeled; 177 milliliters 10 gingersnap cookies, crumbled; 414 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters unsalted butter; 0 water; 414 milliliters whipping cream

Gingerbread Caramels might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 136 calories, 0g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe serves 36. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. Head to the store and pick up sugar, gingersnap cookies, water, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 24 hours.

Instructions

Line bottom and sides of 11x7-inch pan with foil, leaving foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; spray foil with cooking spray. In 2-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream, butter, corn syrup, salt and gingerroot over medium heat to simmering, stirring often.

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Whipping Cream

Cooking Spray

Corn Syrup

Ginger

Butter

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Remove from heat; cover to keep warm.

In 3-quart saucepan, cook sugar and water over medium heat until melted and amber in color.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat. Discard gingerroot from warm cream mixture. Slowly add cream mixture to melted sugar, stirring constantly with wire whisk. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly to dissolve any hardened sugar. Boil uncovered about 36 minutes to 246F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a firm ball that holds its shape until pressed.

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Ginger

Candy

Cream

Sugar

Water

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Candy Thermometer

Whisk

Remove from heat; stir in crushed cookies. Immediately pour mixture into pan; sprinkle with crystallized ginger, pressing down slightly. Cool completely overnight. Use foil to lift out of pan.

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Candied Ginger