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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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