Cinnamon Candied-Apples

My first time trying - not too shabby!

Recipe:

8 Apples with sticks
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup red hots
1/2 tsp red food coloring
I added a little bit of cinnamon extract

Clean, de-stem and dry apples. Then pierce them with the sticks and set aside.
Grease a cookie sheet with butter and set aside.
Mix sugar with corn syrup into a pot.
(I used a little bit more than the recipe suggested, and added a little bit of water too)
Mix constantly and turn on low heat first, then raise slowly to boiling.
(Not too hot or sugar will burn!)
Add red hots and food coloring and continue to stir.
Use a candy thermometer to reach 280 degrees F.

Take off heat. Tilt pan and swirl apples in mixture to coat.
Set coated apples on a greased cookie sheet to cool.