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Christmas Hard Candy

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Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 1 c Water
  2. 1/4 ts To 1/2 tspn cinnamon or
  3. 1 c Light corn syrup
  4. Peppermint oil
  5. 1 ts Red or green food coloring
  6. 3 1/2 c Sugar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. In a lg. heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook on med-high heat until candy thermometer reads 300~ (hard crack stage), stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring, keeping face away from mixture as odor is very strong. Immediately pour onto an oiled cookie sheet. Cool; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers. Note - cinnamon and peppermint oils are available in cake decorating and candy supply stores.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Baking tray
  • Wooden spoon
  • Kitchen thermometer
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Credit

Source: Jane Holman; Moultrie, GA (Taste of Home, Dec/Jan '95). Saved from RecipeSource (SOAR) (http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/candy/02/rec0213.html), file Recipes/www.recipesource.com/desserts/candy/02/rec0213.html in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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