Mike’s Caramels

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine

• 1, 16-ounce package (2½ cups packed) brown sugar

• 1 cup light corn syrup

• 1, 14-ounce can (1½ cups) sweetened condensed milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Generously butter a 9x9x2-inch pan; set aside.

2. In a heavy 3-quart saucepan melt the 1 cup butter or margarine.

3. Add sugar and dash salt; stir thoroughly.

4. Stir in corn syrup.

5. Gradually add condensed milk; stir constantly.

6. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, to 245° (firm-ball stage), for 15 to 20 minutes (mixture should boil gently over the entire surface).

7. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

8. Pour into buttered pan.

9. When cool, cut into squares with a wet, sharp knife.

10. Wrap each piece in clear plastic wrap. Makes about 2½ pounds