Hard Tack (Glass) Candy Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 cups sugar
1/2 cup hot water
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. liquid food colors (vary to desired color)
1/2 tsp. oil flavors (vary to taste)
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Directions:Combine sugar, hot water, and corn syrup in heavy pan. Place on high heat and stir with a wooden spoon until all sugar crystals are dissolved. Wash down sides of pan with a pastry brush dipped in hot water. Clip candy thermometer on side of pan and continue cooking without stirring. When thermometer registers 300º remove pan from heat. This process takes about 10 minutes.
Let mixture stand for 2 minutes until bubbles disappear. Add flavoring and food color and stir to blend. Pour mixture into a buttered pan or even better, onto a marble slab. Work candy from edges to cool by lifting and folding; like folding egg whites. Then cut in strips with scissors. Have several others standing by with scissors to cut strips into small pieces. Caution: Candy is hot. We found spraying your hands with Pam helped. Drop pieces into pans of powdered sugar. After cooling, shake candy pieces in sieve to remove excess sugar. Make another batch.
Colors and Flavors:
peppermint - green
cinnamon - red (3 drops)
clove - orange (3 drops)
lemon - yellow (3 drops)
anise - blue ( 1/2 tsp. )
wintermint - white (no coloring)
orange - dark orange |
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Notes: This was a family activity before Christmas because it took several people to cut the candy and our teachers loved getting this for Christmas presents. Our NM family made this candy last year and had a good time. I sent some to Dad, but I understand that he did not share it. My worst memory is sticking my finger into a just-cooked batch of syrup and having a huge blister around the end of my finger. I really did a lot of dumb stuff as a kid!!
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