{"id":15876,"date":"2021-01-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=15876"},"modified":"2024-10-09T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:57:59","slug":"caramel-toffee-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/caramel-toffee-apples\/","title":{"rendered":"Caramel Toffee Apples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Sainsbury&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>Toffee Apples are a childhood favourite that\u2019s a must-eat-treat at Halloween. Use a crunchy British-grown apple like a Braeburn or Falstaff.<\/p>\n<p>Serves: Makes 10<br \/>\nPreparation time: 10 Minutes<br \/>\nCooking time: 10 Minutes<br \/>\nCooling Time: 15<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>10 lolly sticks<br \/>\n10 British Braeburn apples, scrubbed to remove wax residue, and stalks removed<br \/>\n500g light soft brown sugar<br \/>\n1 tablespoon Sainsbury\u2019s white wine vinegar<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/Recipes\/Caramel-toffee-apples-188x165.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee Apples\" width=\"234\" height=\"205\" \/><br \/>\n50g unsalted butter<br \/>\n3 tablespoons Sainsbury\u2019s golden syrup<br \/>\n3-4 tablespoons hundreds and thousands, to decorate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Push a lolly stick into the stalk end of each apple.<\/p>\n<p>Put the sugar in a heavy based pan with 120ml water. Heat gently, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, without stirring, then add the vinegar, butter and syrup. Boil for about 12 minutes, until it\u2019s at the soft crack stage (138\u00b0C or test a little in cold water: it should form threads that bend a little before breaking).<\/p>\n<p>Dip the apples in the hot caramel, turning to coat, then sprinkle with the hundreds and thousands. Place on a grease-proof paper lined tray and leave to set for about 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Sainsbury&#8217;s Toffee Apples are a childhood favourite that\u2019s a must-eat-treat at Halloween. Use a crunchy British-grown apple like a Braeburn or Falstaff. Serves: Makes 10 Preparation time: 10 Minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3481,287],"tags":[1903,2854,2461,2417],"class_list":["post-15876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-recipes","tag-apple","tag-caramel","tag-recipes","tag-sweet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16314,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15876\/revisions\/16314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}