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- Hey, y'all, fall is almost here.
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The fair is here, Halloween's coming,
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all the fall festivities that we look forward to.
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So the recipe that I'm gonna share with y'all today
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is a pecan-coated caramel apple.
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And it's really fairly easy to make.
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In fact, it is easy to make.
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But it's gonna involve a thermometer, a candy thermometer.
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So I put in two sticks of butter.
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Now I'm adding the brown sugar
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because this is gonna be caramel apples.
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I'm adding sweetened condensed milk.
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And we're gonna cook this
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using our candy thermometer.
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And I wanna make sure I get every drop out.
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You know, there's just pieces of my grandmama
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that will never leave me,
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and that's waste not, want not.
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- Mm-hmm. (Paula laughs)
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- All right, let me see. I got that little high.
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- [Participant] I was raised hearing that too, Paula.
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- Absolutely. Absolutely.
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All right, now I'm gonna add my syrup.
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- [Participant] Is that Karo?
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- I think it's a dark Karo. Right, Theresa?
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- Mm-hmm. - Yes, ma'am.
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Yes, we want to use the dark rather than the light,
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you know, to keep our colors.
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So I'm just gonna stir this up real good.
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And we're gonna let all those things melt together.
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I bet this would be good on a cake.
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- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - You know, a caramel cake?
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- [Participant] Mm-hmm. Yes.
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- So it's gonna take a few minutes for this to melt
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and get to the temperature that we want it.
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So I'm gonna take a quick break
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and visit with my friends a second
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while we're getting that to the right temperature.
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Okay, so we're gonna cook this,
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stirring it constantly, y'all,
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until it gets to 236 degrees.
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Somebody else wanna check it
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and make sure my eyes are correct?
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Can you see it, Eddie?
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- Yep. That's right. - 236, right?
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- [Eddie] Yep. It's almost 246.
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All right, now I'm gonna add my vanilla.
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See, this really is simple.
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And I like to add my vanilla last
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because I don't want it to, all the flavor to cook out.
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And look how that's boiling when I added that vanilla.
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Okay, so I'm gonna leave the thermometer in there
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and watch it, and we're gonna let it drop back to 200,
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and then we're gonna start dipping our apples. (chuckles)
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Okie doke, y'all. It is to 200 degrees.
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we hope that that thermometer was right
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and we got the temperatures right.
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So our apples have been washed and cleaned.
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You know, my favorite stick, I think,
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is like the Popsicle stick.
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You know, the little wooden thing? You can buy them.
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They may even have 'em at the grocery store, y'all.
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I know you can buy 'em at craft shops. But here we go.
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Here we go. We're just gonna roll that around.
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I don't want any of the apple showing.
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Uh-oh, this stick is not good.
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All right, y'all, I had to change the sticks.
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I had to change it to a wooden stick
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it really just kind of disintegrated.
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Looks pretty good, doesn't it?
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Just wanna let that drip off.
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And now we're gonna roll it in the pecans. Yum.
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I actually think that it could have cooked
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a little bit longer, the caramel.
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I'm gonna just help it along a little bit.
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I'm adding some sticky nuts.
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Is that staying on over there, girls?
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I can't see. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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- And we're just gonna let those cool. (laughs)
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I got nutty hands. Nutty fingers.
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All right, so you can see
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how the paper straw, how flimsy it got.
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There was just no way it could hold the weight of the apple.
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And I highly recommend
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using small, small apples to do this with.
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The heavier the apple, the harder it's gonna be.
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It definitely doesn't look like a professional apple,
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but I can promise you it's better,
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you know, than those pretty ones.
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Girls, do y'all wanna lick my fingers?
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- Mm-hmm. (participants laughs)
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- I don't mind. (laughs)
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So after they totally cool, I'm gonna,
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I'm gonna slice them,
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and we'll have caramel apples.
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See, my thing did come off, y'all.
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That's kind of messy. Kind of messy, y'all.
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But anyway, you'll have fun and your children will love it.
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And speaking of love, I send you love and best dishes.
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And so do these girls. Love and best dishes.
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- [Participant] Yes, ma'am.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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