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1 & 1/2 sticks butter (that's 12 tablespoons)
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
14 oz sweetened condensed milk (cans usually come in this size, at least in the US)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Start by dumping your butter and sugar into a pot on medium heat. Mix them as the butter melts. When your butter is all melted, add the corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk, mixing well; you want a homogeneous mixture. Keep stirring so nothing burns to the bottom of the pot. Once the mixture comes to a boil (and do let it come to a full boil; pictured), reduce heat to a simmer. It will still be bubbling a little while it simmers.
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Finally, stir in the vanilla. Pour the caramel into a pan (preferably lined with something non-stick) and leave it alone to cool for a while. After a few hours, you can cut it up into squares. And eat them all I like to wrap them in wax paper for storage and gifting.
I'll add one more picture here of the finished caramels, if they harden and I can cut and wrap and photograph them before the deadline.
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1 & 1/2 sticks butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Over medium heat, combine butter and sugar until butter is melted. Mix in corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Reduce heat. Simmer mixture until it achieves a deep golden color, about ten minutes. Stir in vanilla. Pour into greased or lined pan. Cool. Cut into pieces and serve.
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Over medium heat, combine butter and sugar until butter is melted. Mix in corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Reduce heat. Simmer mixture until it achieves a deep golden color, about ten minutes. Stir in vanilla. Pour into greased or lined pan. Cool. Cut into pieces and serve.