Honey Caramels Food

HONEY CARAMELS

Steps:

• Line a 8-in. square pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter and set aside., In a large heavy saucepan, combine the cream, honey, sugar and remaining butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until a candy thermometer reads 238°., Using a pastry brush dipped in cold water, wash down the sides of the pan to eliminate sugar crystals. Cook, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reads 255° (hard-ball stage). Stir in walnuts and vanilla; return mixture to 255°., Remove from the heat. Pour into prepared pan (do not scrape saucepan). Let stand until firm, about 5 hours or overnight., Using foil, lift candy out of pan; discard foil. Cut candy into 1-in. squares. Wrap individually in waxed paper; twist ends.

GOAT BUTTER AND HONEY CARAMELS

Steps:

• Line bottom and sides of a 9-inch square pan with parchment paper; set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. Add honey, cream, and sugar; stir to combine. Cook, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil.
• Continue boiling, stirring frequently, until mixture reaches 250 degrees on a candy thermometer, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla; pour into prepared pan. Let cool for 1 hour; sprinkle with sea salt. Let cool completely, overnight.
• Turn caramels out onto a cutting board; remove parchment paper. Using a sharp knife, cut caramels into 1-inch squares; wrap each in wax paper. Caramels will keep in an airtight container, refrigerated, for up to 1 month. Caramels will soften at room temperature or stay firm if kept chilled.

HONEY CARAMELS

Steps:

• Butter an 8x8 baking pan, line the bottom with parchment and butter the parchment as well. Don't worry if the parchment pops up a bit, the weight of the caramel will press it back down.
• In a small saucepan, heat the cream with the vanilla over medium heat until it comes to a simmer.
• Reduce the heat to very low and keeping the cream hot.
• Heat the sugar with the honey in a 4 quart or larger saucepan over medium high heat, stirring occasionally with a long handled wooden spoon, until the sugar is mostly dissolved and it starts to boil, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Stop stirring and brush down the sides of the pot with a clean pastry brush dipped in water to dissolve any clinging sugar crystals.
• Clip a candy thermometer to the pot and let the mixture boil, without disturbing the bubbling sugar, until it reaches 305 F., 2-5 minutes. Rinse any clinging sugar off your spoon and dry it with a towel.
• Add the 3 Tablespoons butter and the salt. Slowly stir in the warm cream. The mixture will boil furiously and bubble up considerably as soon as you begin adding things, just keep slowly and steadily pouring in the cream and stirring. By the time the cream is added, the temperature of the mixture will have started to drop. Continue stirring, watching the thermometer carefully, until the temperature is back up to 250°F and then take the pan off the heat.
• Immediately pour the hot caramel into the prepared pan.Do not scrape the pot. What sticks to the pot should stay in the pot.
• Set the pan on a rack in a cool part of the kitchen. Do not disturb until the caramel is fully cool and set, about 5 hours, preferably overnight.
• Run a table knife about the edges of the pan and turn the caramel out onto oiled cutting board. Peel off the parchment.With a chef's knight, cut the caramel into 100 squares ( about 3/4 inch each) and wrap them snugly into cellophane or other candy wrapper.