grandma's canadian cashew caramels

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 1 (9.25 ounce) container cashews, chopped
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup golden syrup (such as roger's®)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• lightly spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray. arrange chopped cashews in the bottom of dish.
• combine brown sugar, golden syrup, sweetened condensed milk, and butter in a large, heavy bottomed saucepan. bring to a boil over medium-high heat. do not stir once the sugar syrup begins to boil. heat to 250 degrees f (120 degrees c), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball.
• pour caramel over top of cashews. stir well. use a heatproof rubber spatula to spread the mixture evenly in the dish; allow to cool for 1 hour. cut cooled caramel into squares or roll into balls as desired.