Fleur de Sel Caramels

Name: Fleur de Sel Caramels
Yield: Makes about 1 pound (500 g)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray; Heavy cream, ½ cup (4 fl oz/125 ml); Vanilla bean, 1, split lengthwise; Light corn syrup, ¾ cup (7½ oz/235 g); Good-quality fine sea salt, ½ teaspoon; Unsalted butter, 10 tablespoons (5 oz/150 g), at room temperature; Granulated sugar, 2 cups (16 oz/500 g); Fleur de Sel, for sprinkling

Preparation info

Makes about
1 pound

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Better From Scratch

By Ivy Manning

Published 2014

About

Talented baker and candy expert jami curl of st. Cupcake bakery in portland, oregon, showed me how to make these wonderfully buttery caramels. These candies can be tricky, but jami’s method of starting with corn syrup makes this recipe nearly foolproof.

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray
Vanilla bean, 1, split lengthwise
Heavy cream, ½ cup (

Americas
United States
Portland
Oregon
Chocolate
Confectionery
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Line an 8-inch (20-cm) square baking pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray; set aside. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean, place the cream, vanilla seeds and pod, and sea salt in a smal