"C" is for Carmel

Gotta love Carmel--it's sweet, creamy, and wonderfully fattening.  My husband gave me the recipe for making my own Carmel early on in our marriage.  He learned this technique from his Spanish teacher in high school.  Here goes:

Take the paper off a can of sweetened condensed milk
Put the can in boiling water for 3 hours.  (If you bring water to a rapid boil, you can turn the temp. down keeping a lid on the pan.)
After 3 hours, open up the can and see the Carmel!  It is spread easily on apples or another treat idea is to put the Carmel between two vanilla wafers, squeeze, then roll the gooey edge in coconut.  Yum.  Kids love making these treats.  Just give them a plastic knife (or something lacking sharp points) to do the spreading with.  The treats look like  wreaths when  finished.  They look pretty and kids are proud to have made something so nice.