Old Fashioned Red Candy Cherry-Apples
8 medium sized apples
8 wooden sticks
3 cups white sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1/4 cup American Premium Blends Cherry Harvest concentrate
Wash and dry the apples. Remove any stems or leaves and insert a wooden stick into the end of each apple. Set apples aside. Heat and stir sugar, corn syrup, American Premium Blends Cherry Harvest concentrate and water in a saucepan until sugar has dissolved. Boil until the syrup reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer, or until a little syrup dropped into cold water separates into breakable threads.
Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon and food coloring, if using.
Dip one apple completely in the syrup and swirl it around a little with the stick to coat. Hold the apple above the saucepan to drain off excess. Place apple, with the stick facing up, on a well greased pan.