Halloween Toffee Apples

toffee-apples

One of my favourite treats as a child was always Toffee Apples. As a granddaughter of a gardner I was a child raised on copious amounts of home grown fruit and vegetables - and, for me, Toffee apples were the perfect combination of fresh crisp apples and sticky sweet toffee. Heaven. Even as an adult as soon as I see and feel the stirrings of Autumn my memory turns back to these delicious treats and, even now as I focus on a healthy low sugar diet, I fully intend to indulge myself with a … [Read more...]

Toffee Apples

Ingredients: 230 grams Demerara sugar 110 ml water ½ tsp vinegar 3 tbsp golden syrup 30 grams butter 6 dessert apples 6 ice lolly sticks Method: Dissolve the sugar in the water over a moderate heat When dissolved stir in the vinegar, syrup and butter Bring to the boil and cook without stirring until it reaches 138 degrees Celsius - or hardens into a ball when dropped in a jug of cold water This will take 10 minutes or so Meanwhile, pierce each apple with a wooden stick When … [Read more...]