Perfect Microwave Caramels

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Condiments

  • 1 cup Corn syrup, light

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1 dash Sea salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 14 oz. can Condensed milk, sweetened

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 c. butter
• 2½ c. brown sugar, packed
• 1 c. light corn syrup
• 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• dash sea salt

Directions

• Line a pan with parchment paper and spray paper with baking spray. If you want taller caramels use a 9 x 9 pan. If you want short caramels use a 9 x 13 pan. If you want medium sized caramels use an in between sized pan. Thats what I did.
• Use a large microwave safe bowl for this recipe. Make sure your bowl is pretty big or the caramel will boil over.
• Melt butter in bowl.
• Add brown sugar, corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk to butter. Stir to combine.
• Microwave 4 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir.
• Microwave another 4 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir.
• Microwave another 4 minutes. Remover from the microwave and stir.
• Do a soft ball test by dropping a small ball of caramel into a glass of water. Check to see how soft the caramel. is. The caramel should hold together in a ball and be pretty soft. Determine if caramel is the consistency you would like. If caramel is a little to soft still microwave for another 1-2 minutes. I microwaved mine for 1 more minute and it still produced a very soft caramel.
• Once youve reached desired consistency remove caramel from microwave and stir. Add vanilla. Add a dash of seas salt if desired.
• Pour caramel mixture into prepared pan.
• Let caramel sit until completely cooled.
• Remove from pan and cut into squares. Wrap in small squares of wax paper or store in an air tight container.
• Store in refrigerator.