Ingredients:

9 Apples red
1/2 ts Salt
3 c Sugar
1/4 ts Cream Of Tartar
Red Food coloring
9 Wooden Skewers
1 c Water

Methods:

Wash and polish apples with soft cloth. Remove stems and stick wooden skewers well down into stem end of apples. Combine sugar, cream of tartar, salt and water in deep saucepan or top part of double boiler. Add red coloring till syrup is desired color. Place saucepan over direct heat and stir till sugar is dissolved. Cook rapidly without stirring to “medium crack” state approx. 290F. Remove from heat, keep warm and immediately begin dipping apples, one at a time. Twirl about and place, stick side up, on waxed paper to cool and harden