Red Candy Apples

Wash and dry apples, remove stems. Insert skewers. Combine sugar, corn syrup and food coloring in top half of double boiler. Cook directly over low heat stirring until sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Cover and cook slowly about 8 minutes. Uncover, cook without stirring to hard crack stage (300 degrees) on candy thermometer. Stir in flavoring. Place top of double boiler over boiling water in lower part of pan. Turn each apple in syrup to coat, twirl apple to spread coating evenly letting excess syrup drip back into pan. Set apples on buttered waxed paper. If syrup thickens reheat over direct heat.