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Christmas Hard Candy Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3-3/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 to 3 drops red food coloring or color of your choice
1/4 teaspoon watermelon flavoring or flavoring of your choice
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Butter two 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. pans; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and food coloring. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage).
Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pans; cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
2 pounds
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
A dusting of confectioner's sugar gives a frosty look to this old-fashioned holiday candy

 

 

 

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