Recipe - Hard Candy

STIR TOGETHER BEFORE HEATING
2 cup Cane sugar
2/3 cup Light Karo
Three fourths cup Water
1 teaspoon Oil flavor* & color
1 teaspoon Or more citric acid**

Have color/flavor/citric acid ready when finished cooking! *More or less,
some flavors are stronger than others. **Put citric acid in fruitflavored
candies for tartness. TEST YOUR THERMOMETER EVERY DAY! To test: Place it in
cold water & bring to boil. If water boils at say 210 instead of 212,
reduce cooking time 2 degrees. ***I use a TAYLOR thermometer. Wilton sells
them now. Spray *PAM in molds & on surface. Not too much & only once per
session. USE A THIN PAN, NOT HEAVY! Candy must set a few minutes in the pan
& the temp will rise, burning the candy in a thick pan. Bring mixture to
boil. Put lid on for 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals, add
thermometer & DON'T STIR. When therm. reaches 285290D. remove pot from
stove.Wait for temp. to lower below 260^ before adding color/flavor/citric
acid. Will cook flavor out if too hot. Cover pan after adding citric acid
so it won't fade the taste. I add about 2 teaspoon citric acid.
DON'T STIR! Use the tiny viles of Lorann oils. Avail. in cake supply
shop or drug store.
I pour the cooked candy into a GUTTMAN candy funnel holds entire recipe.
Thats the quickest way to get it in molds befor it cools & hardens. *Of
course, spray funnel! I pour some into molds & the rest onto my marble
slab. The part on the slab: I roll it into a long cylinder & cut into
"pillows" w/scissors. Dust finished candies with powdered sugar so they
won't "melt" together. There is one very nice sucker mold. It is a white
ring w/ a slit for the stick. Don't spray stick. All you do is spray
mold, add stick, fill w/candy, cool & remove easily Comes in 23 sizes,
round or heartshaped. I beleive it is Guttman Brand & available here at
Sugarcraft. About 2 dz in a pack. This is my kids favorite Christmas candy.
You will want to make several flavors. Experiment on howmuch flavor. All
vary. *Don't add too much on the mints. Takes more on the
cherry/strawberry/lemon/orange, etc. There are at least 50 oil flavors
available to choose from! Shared by Dolores McCann, Hamilton OH

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