Microwave Caramels

[The Purple Fuzzy]

    1/4 cup butter
    1/2 cup white sugar
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1/2 cup light Karo syrup
    1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

    1
    Combine all ingredients.
    2
    Cook 6 minutes, stirring every two minutes.
    3
    Stir and pour into lightly greased dish.
    4
    Let cool.
    5
    Cut, wrap in wax paper & store in air tight container.


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[Lynx]

No heavy cream? 

Well if you use real butter instead of margarine... yeah, that could be good.

[Melody]

Isaac, do you think the heavy cream would replace both the butter and milk in that recipe?  I think it could.

[The Purple Fuzzy]

The milk is sweetend condensed milk, better known as Eagle Brand, so I don't see how you could interchange that.

[Lynx]

I noted that, with some trepidation  - sweetened condensed milk has a unique flavor I find somewhat odd - but add powdered sugar and you could use heavy cream in place of the butter and milk.  It would probably take a bit of experimentation to get the right proportions though.

Well... now I know what I'll be doing this weekend.  I'd better stock up on heavy cream tomorrow.

[MelodyB]

If you just simply boil two cans of Eagle brand milk in a pot for a few hours, you get the same result. I've done that and poured it into a graham cracker pie crust and made caramel pies. YUMMY.

[Lynx]

Yes, that's how they make caramel for caramel pies at a local restaurant.  It still has that... that... that flavor!   

[Lynx]

I do believe I waited too long to cut this stuff.  How do you cut rock hard caramel?  I'm about to give up and use a hammer.