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Hard Candy Recipe

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This recipe for Hard Candy is from McCarter-Johnson Family Cookbook Vol. 2, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 3/4 C Granulated Sugar
1 1/2 C White Corn Syrup
1 C Water
1 Tsp Flavored Oil
Desired Food Coloring
Powdered Sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Combine in heavy sauce pan granulated sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir with a wooden spoon and bring to a boil. Boil until temperature reaches 310º. Add the desired food coloring and desired oil flavoring. Pour on a 18 X 24 inch strip of heavy duty aluminum foil lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar. When cool and hard, break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

Suggested Combinations: peppermint, pink; cinnamon, red; lemon, yellow; spearmint, green; wintergreen, pale green; cherry, red; orange, orange; sassafras, light brown; lime, yellow green; clove, gold; raspberry, blue red; anis, dark blue; butter rum, yellow brown.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
One of the guys at the mines brought this in flavored with cinnamon. It was so good, I had to have the recipe.

 

 

 

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