Soft Vanilla Cream Caramels

Finish. Butter two 8 x 8 now or 10 1 2 x now 6 1 2 pans measure now the vanilla into a small now container and rest it aside for later slice the butter into 1 chunks now to help it melt faster mix the slice up butter half half now corn syrup sugars and salt now in a heavy bottom 5 now to 5.7-litre saucepan heat now the mixture over medium low now heat until everything has melted mixing constantly attach a candy thermometer to now the side of the pan cook slowly mixing now constantly until the mixture reaches 120°C or until a small amount now dropped in cold water forms now a firm ball as the now mixture boils it will become now thicker and thicker and the frothy now bubbles will give way to a now more blurpy bubble that resembles thick now lava this happens gradually but you now ll notice it around 110°C and higher this is when you now really have to pay attention and now watch the temperature carefully as it now tends to move more quickly from 110°C up the whole process now will take about 2 hours take out the pan from the heat and carefully mix in the vanilla now the mixture will bubble and bring to a bubble quickly stream the caramel into the now prepared pans don t tip in any residue from the pot now into the pans instead scrape it now into a separate container baker now s treat wait 30 minutes then now sprinkle with coarse flake sea salt lid the candy securely and chill take out the candy from the pan by now loosening its edges with a knife or now offset spatula and banging the pan on now a cutting board until the slab releases now from the pan let the candy to warm up now a bit if it s now hard or it ll shatter now when you bang the pan slice the now caramels into squares and wrap in greaseproof paper keep in the refrigerator for now longest shelf life wrapped caramels now can also be frozen now don t be confused by now the weight of the corn syrup a standard now size bottle will say 473 ml on now the label but when you actually weigh the now syrup on a scale it ll weigh 22 now ounces your easiest bet is simply now to use one standard size bottle.