Recipe - Stained Glass Candy

3 Three fourths cup White sugar
1 One half cup Lily white syrup (or Karo,
must be colorless)
1 cup Water
food coloring
oil based flavorings (I
use Wilton's)
tin foil
10 cup icing sugar (can be used
over and over)
sharp pair of scissors
candy thermometer

Mix the white sugar, white syrup, and water in a medium sized pot. Add the
food coloring you want (green for spearmint, orange for orange) Bring to a
boil, and boil until candy thermometer reaches 300F degrees. (Can take up
to 20 minutes) Stir to mix all the ingredients, but once it starts to
boil, do not touch. Pot must be big enough to allow for double, as it rises
as it boils

While the candy mixture is boiling, shape a large piece of tin foil by
folding up the sides and ends. (I use the large foil about 3 feet long) to
create a large cookie sheet type shape. Put the icing sugar on the foil to
completely cover it, and bank up the sides with icing sugar.

When the candy mixture has reached 300F, remove from heat. Let sit about 10
seconds and stir to cool slightly (heavy emphasis on SLIGHTLY) Then add
about 1 to 1One half tsp of the oil based flavorings depending on how strong
you want the flavor. Stir until mixed (may boil a bit and DON'T stand over
top of pot as flavor with escape in the air and up your nose!! 8} ) Once
flavoring is combined, pour mixture onto the icing sugar and use rubber
spatula to scrape all mixture out of pot. Put pot,spatula and candy
thermometer into sinkful of hot soapy water. If you allow it to harden you
won't be saying nice things about me at all!! 8} As candy is cooling, keep
checking by trying to pull up the edges. Once it gets to the consistency
that you can lift it a little, start cutting it FAST! I cut off a chunk and
then cut it up into bitesized pieces. The outside will cool first so you
have to watch it. If it hardens to quickly you will end up with a good
size lollipop that you won't be able to cut. It will shatter like glass.
Continue working your way around until all is cut. Then I take all the
candy and put it in a strainer that is sitting over a bowl. Shake some of
the excess icing sugar off candy and allow to cool thoroughly. Pack in
airtight containers. I find ZipLoc Freezer bags pretty good. This recipe
makes about 2 lbs candy. Once I have done all the flavors that I want, then
I set up all the bags and put about 10 of each flavor into a smaller
ziploc and seal. They make great Christmas gifts for family and all the
various people you give to....mailman, garbage man, paperboy, school
teachers, your kids friends..etc. I figure if the kids have to help me cut,
they get some to give to their friends.. Besides.. makes a good bribe to
get them to help!!

Origin: ME! Sharon Stevens Shared by: ME! Sharon Stevens

From: Sharon Stevens Date: 082393