Toffee Apples

Ingredients

• 50g Medium Red Apples

• 50 Skewer sticks

• 800g Sugar

• 1 Cup water

• 4 Teaspoons vinegar

• 12 Tablespoons (150ml) Golden syrup

• Pinch of salt

• 2 Tablespoons butter

• Red food colouring

Method

1. Wash and dry the apples, then insert a skewer stick into the stem end.

2. Slowly heat all the other ingredients, stirring, to dissolve the sugar.

3. Wash sugar crystals from the sides of the saucepan with a brush.

4. Cook the syrup to the hard-crack stage.

5. Remove from the heat and place the saucepan in a pot of simmering water over low heat.

6. Dip the apples one by one into the syrup, coating them thoroughly.

7. Stand them upright in a container to cool.

Enjoy your sweet apples!