Diane's Caramels

 

 This is my sister's caramel recipe. I have never found a better one.

She emphasizes that you HAVE to keep stirring while it is cooking or it will catch and ruin the entire batch.

Diane's Caramels


Ingredients
1 pound butter sliced into small pieces
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 can Borden's sweetened condensed milk
1/2 pound walnuts
2 or 3 drops vanilla

Melt butter and add other ingredients. Continue stirring.
Boil for 40 minutes or until brittle in cold water. DO NOT STOP STIRRING!
Take off stove and add nuts and vanilla.
Pour into buttered pan.
Let cool.
Cut into squares.
Cool until hard.
Put spatula under candy and turn over and crack where markings are.

These caramels were were cooked to just below hard crack on the candy
thermometer. Adjust plus or minus to your preference.