12 red delicious apples
12 wooden skewers
4 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp red food colouring
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup chopped peanutsGrease
a large cookie sheet and set aside. Wash and dry
apples. Insert a stick through stem, leaving about
two inches sticking out. In saucepan over medium
heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, food colouring and
water. Cook, stirring constantly, until ingredients
are dissolved and liquid boils. Set a candy
thermometer in mixture and continue cooking, without
stirring until temperature reaches 290 degrees,
about 20 minutes. Meanwhile place shopped peanuts in
a bowl. Remove syrup from heat and dip the apples,
one by one, to coat evenly. Work quickly. As you dip
each apple roll in peanuts to coat then place on
prepared cookie sheet. Let apples cool for at least
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