Homemade Caramel?

Question

How do you make homemade caramel without using the caramels in a package or boiling sugar and water. I want the one that uses condensed milk.

Answer 1

Real caramel does not use condensed milk!

But here's the one you are looking for. the real deal is dangerous and touchy to make.

1 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Water
1 Tablespoon Margarine
3/4 Cup Evaporated Skimmed Milk
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Dash Salt

When warm, this sauce is thinner than store-bought caramel sauce. It becomes thicker when chilled, but it's still pourable and perfect over ice milk.

Combine sugar and water in a medium-size heavy saucepan. Place over medium-low heat, and cook 13 minutes or until sugar dissolves. (Do not stir). Cover, increase heat to medium, and boil 1 minute. (This will dissolve any sugar crystals clinging to sides of pan). Uncover and boil an additional 10 minutes or until amber or golden. (Do not stir). Repeat Do Not Stir! it puts air into the mixture.

Remove from heat; let stand 1 minute. Carefully add margarine, stirring until margarine melts. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. (Caramel will harden and stick to spoon.) Place pan over medium heat, and cook 3 minutes or until caramel melts and mixture is smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and salt. Pour caramel into a bowl; cover and chill. Yield: 1-1/4 cups (serving size: 1 tablespoon).


Be Careful! a sugar burn will give you something to think about for a long time (personal experience)

Chef Tom Morrison c.e.c.
Griffin Country Club

Answer 2

Get a stock pot that is deep enough to cover a whole can of condensed milk, or several cans loosely. Remove the all the labels. Cover cans with water (about an inch above the can top). Boil for 4 hours, constantly keeping the cans covered with water. After 4 hours of boiling, allow to cool, openly & remove caramel from can. Seal in an airtight container. You can make several cans at a time being that it takes so long. Use it like you would on anything you use caramel for.

Answer 3

Caramel Sauce From Sweetened Condensed Milk

Needed: 1 old style hand bottle opener (the kind you stick wedge shaped holes with) 1 can sweetened
condensed milk boiling water almost to top of can Open the can with the opener, sticking 2 holes in
it. Place can in a pot of boiling water almost to the top of the can -- about 1/4 inch from top.
Simmer for 6 hours, replacing water as needed. Let can cool, remove top and skim off top 1/4-inch of
condensed milk and discard it. At the end of 6 hours, you will have a can of delicious caramel
sauce. This is done in South America.

--- Other methods:

1 (14ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (Oven Method) Pour sweetened condensed milk into 9-inch
pie plate. Cover with aluminum foil; place in larger shallow pan. Fill larger pan with hot
water. Bake at 425 degrees F for 1 hour or until thick and caramel-colored. Beat until smooth.

(Stovetop Method)

Pour sweetened condensed milk into top of double boiler; place over boiling water. Simmer over
low heat for 1 to 1/2 hours or until thick and caramel-colored, stirring occasionally. Beat
until smooth.

(Microwave Method)

Pour sweetened condensed milk into a 2-quart glass measuring cup. Cook on 50% power (medium) 4
minutes, stirring briskly every 2 minutes until smooth. Cook on 30% power (medium-low) 20 to 25
minutes or until very thick and caramel-colored, stirring briskly every 4 minutes during the first
16 minutes and every 2 minutes during the last 4 to 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Answer 4

Ok there are 2 ways that i know of, the old fashoined way is to lightly boil the tin in a pot of water for an hour and a half(don't use till the next day though) and the fast way is to simmer the contents of one tin with 1/2 a cup of golden syrup added for 30 minutes, hope it helped.

Answer 5

Easy Caramel

1 can condensed milk

Don't open can
put in pot of boiling water, simmer for 2 hours. Cool.

Open and go nuts. Just keep an eye on the pot, if the water evaporates, add more.

Answer 6

1 Cup Butter/Margarine
1 lb. Brown sugar (about two cups)
Dash of Salt
1 Cup light corn syrup
1 14oz. can Sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. Vanilla

Melt butter in heavy 3-qt. saucepan.
Add brown sugar and salt. Stir until thoroughly combined. Stir in corn syrup, mix well. Gradually add milk, stirring continuosly. Cook and stir over medium heat unitl candy reaches firm ball stage (about 245 degrees) about 12-15 miunutes remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour in buttered 9x9x2 inch pan. Let cool.

This makes amazing caramel thats nice and soft. Great recipe I promise.

Answer 7

Ingredients
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk as required


Directions
DOUBLE BOILER: (BEST METHOD) Open the can of condensed milk and place in top of double boiler. In botton of boiler, add water. Simmer covered over low heat for 1 to 1/2 hours...stirring frequently

MICROWAVE: Open the can of condensed milk and place in a 2 qt measure. Cook ~~at; 50% power = med heat, for 4 minutes, stirring briskly every 2 minutes, til smooth. Cook at 30% power for 12 to 18 minutes or until very thick and caramel color, stirring briskly every 2 minutes til smooth.

OVEN: Open can of condensed milk and place into a 9" pie place. Cover with foil, place plate in larger shallow pan. Fill larger pan with hot water and bake ~~at; 425 for 1 1/2 hours or til thick and caramel color. Beat til smooth.
SERVE ON CRACKERS, BREAD.....USE YOUR IMAGINATION.....VERY GOOD

OR

Ingredients
1 (14-ounce) can EAGLE BRAND®® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 0


Instructions
OVEN METHOD: Pour 1 can EAGLE BRAND into 9-inch pie plate. Cover with aluminum foil; place in larger shallow pan. Fill larger pan with hot water. Bake at 425º for 1 hour or until thick and caramel-colored. Beat until smooth.
STOVETOP METHOD: Pour 1 can EAGLE BRAND into top of double boiler; place over boiling water. Over low heat, simmer 1 to 1/2 hours or until thick and caramel-colored, stirring occasionally. Beat until smooth.
MICROWAVE METHOD: Pour 1 can EAGLE BRAND into 2-quart glass measuring cup. Cook on 50% power (medium) 4 minutes, stirring briskly every 2 minutes until smooth. Cook on 30% power (medium-low) 20 to 25 minutes or until very thick and caramel-colored, stirring briskly every 4 minutes during the first 16 minutes and every 2 minutes during the last 4 to 10 minutes