Hazelnut Cream Caramels

Ingredients

 * 1/2 cup finely chopped Oregon hazelnuts
 * 5 cups sugar
 * 3/4 cup light corn syrup
 * 1/2 cup butter
 * 2 cups light cream

Directions
1 Butter a square 8-inch pan. 2 Spread chopped hazelnuts evenly over bottom. 3 Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter and half the cream in a large, heavy sauce pan. 4 Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. 5 Stir in remaining cream and cook to 245 on candy thermometer. 6 Immediately spread mixture over nuts in pan. 7 Cool and cut into squares.