Apples for halloween follow the tradition of the centuries old halloween game of trying to catch apples with your teeth from a barrel of water.Toffee apples appeared later at halloween fairs
Ingredients:
10 apples, small
8 oz. (225g) black treacle (molasses)
4 oz. (125g) butter
16oz. (450g) brown sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
Cooking Instructions:
Thoroughly wash the apples then dry with kitchen paper
Insert a wooden stick in each, downwards through the core, to act as handles
Put the butter, treacle, sugar and vinegar in a pan, mix together and bring to the boil for about 20 minutes
Quickly dip the apples in the hot mixture and then place on a rack to set