If you buy apples from a shop, you’ll need to remove the preservative wax that covers them first, or else the toffee won’t stick.

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If you use home-grown apples you can avoid this boiling water treatment (see step 1 below). A sugar thermometer makes it simple to judge the temperature.

How to make toffee apples:

6 Crisp eating apples

350g Demerara sugar

140ml Water

35g Butter

2 tbsp Golden syrup

1 – Put the apples into a large bowl, cover with boiling water then remove and dry thoroughly. Spear each with a wooden skewer or lolly stick and place on baking parchment.

2- Dissolve the sugar in the water over medium heat, add the butter and syrup and cook until the mixture reaches 150C – the hard crack stage. Remove from the heat and dip in each apple in turn, twisting it to get an even coating of toffee. Place upside down on the baking parchment to cool. If the toffee starts to harden before all the apples are dipped, reheat it gently.

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