How do you control the texture of caramel in your kitchen? From runny sauces to chewy sweets, find out how you can perfect your caramel cooking.

OUTLINE:
0:00 Ingredients in caramel
0:45 Crystalline vs. amorphous solids
1:44 Steps of making caramel
2:50 Controlling the texture of caramel
3:39 Phase diagram of sucrose and water
4:50 Demo: Making caramel in the kitchen
9:23 Conclusion

CREDITS:
Written and presented by Camille Farruggio
Edited by Mingyu Yang
With additional input from Jacqueline Baidoo and Robin Lindemann

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We are grateful for the support of the MIT Department of Materials Science & Engineering (dmse.mit.edu) and Dr. Rohan Kundargi, K-12 Outreach Coordinator of MIT's Office of Government and Community Relations.

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