Recipe

Christmas Hard Candy Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Spinach1948 / All my dishes 1 month, 2 weeks ago When you make a batch of this beautiful jewel-toned candy, your whole house fills with wounderful scents of mint or cinnamon. For gifts put in clear glass or plastic jars with a hoilday calico fabric and ribbon on the lid. Recipe is adapted from Jane... More Prep:20m Cook:20m Servings:72	Spinach1948
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

3 ½ cups sugar

1 cup light corn syrup

1 cup water

¼ to ½ tsp. Cinnamon oil *( for the red ) or Peppermint oil *( for the Green )

1 tsp. Red food coloring for the Cinnamon or Green food coloring for the Peppermint

Note: Cinnamon oil and Peppermint oil are available in a cake-decorating and candy supply stores.

Directions

In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook on medium-high heat until candy thermometer reads 300. ( hard-crack stage ), stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring, keeping face away from mixture as odor is very strong. Immediately pour onto an oiled cookie sheet. Cool; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

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