OLD-FASHIONED HOMEMADE HARD CANDY
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!
Provided by Tami L. Smith
Categories Desserts Candy Recipes
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 115.5 calories, Carbohydrate 30.2 g, Sodium 8 mg, Sugar 24 g
HOW TO MAKE OLD FASHIONED HARD CANDY
wikiHow article about How to Make Old Fashioned Hard Candy.
Provided by wikiHow
Categories Sugar Treats
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Before you make candy of any kind, read through the entire instructions for the individual recipe. You need to be thoroughly aware of what the recipe requires before starting because candy needs precise temperature control and precise actions at the times that the recipe states. Most importantly, remember that candy not attended to is candy that burns!
- Check the temperature before making candy. Candy should not be made when the weather is high in humidity or rainy or it has a hard time setting. Check the room temperature--it should be around 60ºF-68ºF (15.5ºC-20ºC), with low humidity. If you have no choice about cooking in sub-optimal temperature conditions, you may be able to compensate by cooking the candy 1 to 2 degrees higher than recommended by the recipe. Altitude will affect the outcome; if you live at high altitude, you may need to make adjustments in accordance with the usual recommendations for high altitude cooking.
- If you don't already have one, purchase a candy thermometer of good quality. You need to be happy about working with great precision when making candy--it's a science as well as an art. For more details on selecting a candy thermometer, see How to choose a candy thermometer. Never touch the base of a saucepan with a candy thermometer. The pan must always be long enough that the thermometer does not reach the bottom when hung on the pan lip.
- Avoid changing the ingredient amounts in a recipe. They are precise because they work. Even doubling ingredients in a candy recipe can result in a failure.
- For the heat source, choose the burner that is wider than the cooking pan you're using. This ensures more even heating.
- Know how to test the hardness of candy. This can be done manually or using a thermometer. The thermometer is easiest, but it's handy to know how to test the temperature manually, which you can learn to do before using a recipe by reading How to test candy hardness stages.
OLD FASHIONED HARD CANDY
A dusting of confectioner's sugar gives a frosty look to this old-fashioned holiday candy from field editor Amy Short of Lesage, West Virginia. "The color is beautiful and people are surprised by the wonderful watermelon flavor!" Amy says.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 2 pounds.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Butter two 15x10x1-in. pans; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and food coloring. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). , Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pans; cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 283 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 38mg sodium, Carbohydrate 74g carbohydrate (65g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.
OLD FASHIONED HARD CANDY
Home made hard candy is a great gift idea! Use different colors and flavorings to match the season.
Provided by YVETTE MOORE
Categories Desserts Candy Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Generously coat a cookie sheet with confectioners' sugar, and set aside.
- In a heavy bottomed saucepan, stir together the white sugar, water and corn syrup until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium-high and cook to a temperature of 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. Remove from heat, and stir in the flavored oil and food coloring.
- Immediately pour the sugar mixture onto the prepared cookie sheet in a thin stream (this helps it cool). When the candy is cool enough for the outer edge to hold its shape, cut into bite size pieces with scissors. Let cool completely, then store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 150.1 calories, Carbohydrate 39.2 g, Sodium 8.5 mg, Sugar 32.3 g
HARD BUTTERSCOTCH CANDY
Good 'old-fasioned' hard candy. Prep/cook time is and est. - it can vary with the day due to weather.
Provided by pastrytiff
Categories Candy
Time 1h
Yield 1 pound
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put sugar, corn syrup, water and salt into saucepan.
- Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Increase heat and cook until thermometer registers 250 degrees F, firm ball stage.
- Add butter; cook with occasional stirring until thermometer registers 300 degrees F (brittle stage).
- Remove from stove.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Pour into buttered shallow pan, making a layer 1/4 inch deep.
- While warm, crease into squares with a blunt knife.
- When cold, break into pieces.
OLD FASHIONED HARD CANDY RECIPE
Provided by á-4916
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 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.
OLD-FASHIONED MOLASSES CANDY
This hard candy was always the first thing to sell out at fundraisers we held back when I was in high school. I still make the melt-in-your-mouth morsels every Christmas.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield 1-1/2 pounds.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan with 1 tablespoon butter; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and vinegar. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring frequently. Increase heat to medium; cook until a candy thermometer reads 245° (firm-ball stage), stirring occasionally. , Add molasses and remaining butter. Cook, uncovered, until a candy thermometer reads 260° (hard-ball stage), stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Add baking soda; beat well., Pour into prepared pan. Let stand for 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Butter fingers; quickly pull candy until firm by pliable (color will be light tan). When candy is ready for cutting, pull into a 1/2-in. rope. Cut into 1-in. pieces. Wrap each in waxed paper or colored candy wrappers.
Nutrition Facts :
OLD FASHIONED SPONGE CANDY
Make and share this Old Fashioned Sponge Candy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by grandma2969
Categories Candy
Time 28m
Yield 1/2 pound
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- line the bottom and sides of a 9x9" square pan -- with aluminum foil -- butter foil and set aside.
- combine sugar, vinegar and corn syrup in a heavy pan --
- stir once over medium heat till sugar dissolves --
- heat until mixture reaches the hard crack stage or 290*-310* on candy thermometer.
- remove from heat, carefully stir in baking soda.mixture will foam quite high --
- pour mixture into prepared pans, set aside at room temperature until firm --
- invert pan to remove candy.
- peel foil off and break candy into small pieces --
- store in an airtight container at room temperature -- .
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3296.5, Sodium 7528.2, Carbohydrate 871.4, Sugar 563.2
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