Old Fashioned Hard Candy

Name: Old Fashioned Hard Candy
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon any color food coloring; 1 teaspoon peppermint oil, or other flavored oil; 158 milliliters light corn syrup; 237 milliliters water; 473 milliliters white sugar

Old Fashioned Hard Candy might be a good recipe to expand your side dish collection. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe has 740 calories, 0g of protein, and 2g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 3. If you have water, peppermint oil, corn syrup, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Generously coat a cookie sheet with confectioners' sugar, and set aside.

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Powdered Sugar

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Baking Sheet

In a heavy bottomed saucepan, stir together the white sugar, water and corn syrup until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium-high and cook to a temperature of 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.

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Sugar

Corn Syrup

Syrup

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in the flavored oil and food coloring.

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Food Color

Cooking Oil

Immediately pour the sugar mixture onto the prepared cookie sheet in a thin stream (this helps it cool). When the candy is cool enough for the outer edge to hold its shape, cut into bite size pieces with scissors.

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Candy

Sugar

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Baking Sheet

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