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I make homemade caramel every year for Christmas. This year I decided to forgo my tried and true recipe for a new one. I made two batches and both of them tasted great, but were hard as a rock. I had to chisel little slivers off the side of the block. I blamed it on the recipe and kicked myself for not sticking with my standard one. I was really busy with the end of the semester at the time, so I just gave up on the caramel. Last weekend I decided that I really wanted some good homemade caramel, so I pulled out my proven recipe and made a batch, and the same thing happened. It had great flavor but was like stone. I'm guessing that I need to check my candy thermometer. I honestly usually buy a new one every year because they are so cheap, but this year I didn't. So I think that it isn't reading acurately. The only other thing I can think of is that the higher altitude here is affecting it, but we really aren't that much higher than we were before. Regardless the pictures that I took while I was cooking it turned out pretty well.
