This hard candy recipe can easily be adjusted by using different flavored extracts and food colorings. The hardest part is waiting for the sugar to reach the proper temperature. Be patient and use a candy thermometer for perfect candy.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- ¾ cups white sugar: 3 piece
- ½ cups light corn syrup: 1 piece
- water: 1 cup
- orange, or other flavored extract: 1 Tbsp
- food coloring: 0.5 tsp (optional)
- confectioners' sugar for dusting: 0.25 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
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Stir white sugar, corn syrup, and water together in a medium saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Without stirring, heat to 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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Remove from the heat and stir in flavored extract and food coloring. Pour onto the prepared cookie sheet. Dust top with confectioners' sugar. Dotash Meredith Food Studios
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Let cool until hardened, about 15 minutes. Break into about 36 pieces and store in an airtight container. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
