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      Title: Caramels
 Categories: Candies
      Yield: 88 servings
 
      1 c  Butter or margarine
      2 c  Sugar
      2 c  Light corn syrup
      2 c  Whipping cream; divided
      2 ts Vanilla extract
 
  Recipe by: Southern Living
  Preparation Time: 0:15
  Combine butter, sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup whipping cream
  in a large Dutch oven.  Cook over low heat, stirring
  gently, until sugar dissolves.  Cover and cook over medium
  heat 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from sides
  of pan.  Uncover and cook, stirring occasionally, until
  candy thermometer registers 224 degrees. Stir in remaining
  1 cup whipping cream.  Continue to cook mixture over medium
  heat to firm ball stage (248 degrees).  Stir in vanilla.
  Pour into a buttered 13- x 9- x 2-inch pan.  Let cool about
  5 hours.  Cut into squares, and wrap individually in wax
  paper.  Yield:  2-3/4 pounds.
 
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