Caramel Dip

1 cup butter
16 oz. brown sugar (2 1/4 cups packed)
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla

In a saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add brown sugar, milk and corn syrup. Mix well. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture boils and then clip a candy thermometer to the pan and continue boiling, stirring frequently, until the temperature reaches 248 degrees (firm-ball stage). This takes about 15-20 minutes. Remove the saucepan from heat and add vanilla.

**Recipe from ihavetosay, who got it from the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook