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Maple Clusters Recipe


Maple Clusters Recipe
These are good around the holidays... never too early to start thinking and planning...

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup firlmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup good maple syrup (not the imitation stuff)
  • 1/2 cup whipping cvream
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups chopped walnuts

Directions
  1. Butter sides of a heavy large saucepan.
  2. Combine sugars, maple syrup, whipping cream, corn syrup, and salt in pan; stirring constantly, cook over medium-low heat until sugars dissolve.
  3. Using pastry brush dipped in hot water, wash down any sugar crystals on sides of pan.
  4. Attach a candy thermomenter to pan, making sure thermomenter does not touch bottom of pan.
  5. Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil.
  6. Cook, without stirring, until mixture reaches 234 degrees.
  7. Test about 1/2 teaspoon mixture in ice water.
  8. Mixture will easily form a ball in ice water but will flatten when held in
  9. your hand.
  10. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
  11. Using medium speed of a mixer, beat until candy thickens and begins to lose its gloss (about 3 minutes)
  12. Stir in walnuts.
  13. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper; cool completely.
  14. Makes about 5 dozen clusters.
  15. Store in an airtight container..

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I'm going to add these to the candies I like to make during the holidays. They're delicious.


No way I can wait until the holidays to make these - sounds delish!


My mother is going to love these..I'll be adding these to my holiday candy list.


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