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Old Fashioned Hard Candy
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Tami L. Smith
"This is an old recipe from my childhood. Many people have memories of cutting this candy with their mother's and grandmothers. I have passed it on and am now posting here for all to share in this classic Christmas tradition!"
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Original recipe yield 1 1/4 pounds
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2 cups white sugar
1 cup water
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
1/8 cup confectioners' sugar
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In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, combine the sugar, water and corn syrup. Cook, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved; then cook without stirring, lowering the heat and cooking more slowly during the last few minutes, to the hard crack stage (300 degrees F), If sugar crystals form on sides of pan, wipe them off with a damp brush.
Remove from heat, add oil flavoring and enough food coloring to color; stir only to mix. Pour into 2 well buttered 9 inch pans. Set one pan of candy over a sauce pan containing hot water (unless you have a helper to help cut the candy). As soon as the other pan of candy is cool enough to handle, cut it with scissors into 1-inch strips. Then snip the strips into pieces. Work fast. Drop the pieces onto a buttered baking sheet. If the candy cools too quickly, set it on a saucepan over hot water to soften it, but if it gets sticky, return at once to the work counter.
Toss in a small amount of powdered sugar to keep from sticking together. Repeat with the second pan of candy.
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Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2003 by BTTRFLY35
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BTTRFLY35
Dec. 8, 2003
This recipe was exactly what I was looking for! I use a variety of candy oils/flavorings for an assortment of flavors and colors. Since I found this recipe, this WILL be a new Christmas tradition!
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Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2005 by Chelle
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Chelle
Dec. 3, 2005
We made this when I was a kid too!!! It was our special family tradition and we first learned it when my grandmother participated in baking for a church bazaar. One year, when I was ten and we were pretty poor, this was the only gift we gave to those beyond our immediate family. It was well appreciated by friends, teachers, and acquaintances. We made different colors and flavors - Peppermint was pink; raspberry red; spearmint green; wintergreen blue; lemon yellow etc. We placed them in small decorative jars and tied a ribbon around the neck of the jar. Very fun! It's been many years since we made this recipe. Grandma says this one is an exact match with hers, except with hers you used 1 whole cup of Karo instead of 3/4 cup.
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Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2005 by Tracy
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Tracy
Dec. 18, 2005
This is an EASY & EXCELLENT recipe! As a first-timer at making hard candy, I burnt the first batch. My second batch came out perfect and was alot of fun to make. Knowing that I would probably mess it up- I halved the recipe. This may be a good tip for other first-timers as you need to work very quickly!
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This is an EASY & EXCELLENT recipe! As a first-timer at making hard candy, I burnt the first...
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Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2005 by
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VREYES
Dec. 16, 2005
Taste wise this is the best! I made candy for the first time tonight....I only came into 1 problem...All thw powder sugar stuck to the candy and is really white on most of it! Is this normal? But other than that my house smell's GREAT and the CANDY IS GREAT! OPINONS PLEASE ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE POWDERED SUGAR....Vicki
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Taste wise this is the best! I made candy for the first time tonight....I only came into 1...
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Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2006 by
Leslie Marie
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Leslie Marie
Dec. 23, 2006
Excellent recipe, and very easy to make! Instead of cutting into strips, I let the candy harden completely, then broke it into pieces by hitting it with a mallet. My husband loves this! Strawberry oil flavoring is my favorite. Go to a local baker's store, and you can find ~50 different choices of oils to make this candy with. Don't be afraid to experiment! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
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Excellent recipe, and very easy to make! Instead of cutting into strips, I let the candy...
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2006 by Nancy Jo
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Nancy Jo
Dec. 7, 2006
Our church circle made these years ago. Things I learned from them: 1)Remember - always use Cane Sugar - Beet sugar is a tiny bit different and doesn't harden the same way. 2) We put 1/2" of confectioner's sugar onto luncheon trays, made troughs with a dowel, connected the troughs in a continuous line, and poured the candy in an "S" in the troughs. When cool enough to handle, cut and toss in more confectioners sugar.
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Reviewed on Jul. 17, 2006 by
Deborah
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Deborah
Jul. 17, 2006
good, but did not snip apart as directed
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good, but did not snip apart as directed
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Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2005 by CHRISSYG1
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CHRISSYG1
Jan. 3, 2005
Excellent recipe and easy to make! I will keep this one for future use.
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2 users found this review helpful
Excellent recipe and easy to make! I will keep this one for future use.
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Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2003 by GOINOUT
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GOINOUT
Dec. 19, 2003
This recipe turned out excellent. So very easy to make.
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This recipe turned out excellent. So very easy to make.
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