Red Cinnamon Candy Recipes

CINNAMON HARD CANDY

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, water and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Uncover and cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 310° (hard-crack stage). Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring, keeping face away from the mixture as the odor with be very strong. , Immediately pour onto a greased baking sheet. Quickly spread into a 13-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Using a sharp knife, score into 1-in. squares. Re-cut rectangle along scored lines until candy is cut into squares. Let stand at room temperature until dry. Separate into squares, using a knife if necessary.

CINNAMON-CANDY COOKIES

Steps:

• Place Red Hots in a food processor; process until fine and powdery. Add flour; pulse to combine., In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Shape into two 8-in. rolls; wrap each roll in waxed paper. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are just lightly browned, 7-9 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, butter, extract, salt and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Decorate cookies as desired., Freeze option: Place wrapped logs in a freezer container; freeze. To use, unwrap frozen logs and cut into slices. If necessary, let dough stand a few minutes at room temperature before cutting. Bake and decorate cookies as directed.

IMPERIAL CINNAMON RED HOT® COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg until completely incorporated.
• Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until combined. Fold in cinnamon chips and cinnamon candies, mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 8 to 11 minutes. Cool on the pans for 2 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

HOT CINNAMON CANDY

Steps:

• Sprinkle 18x24-inch strip of heavy duty foil with powdered sugar.
• Mix next 3 ingredients in large, heavy saucepan.
• Stir on med heat until sugar dissolves.
• Boil, without stirring to hard crack stage on candy thermometer.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in oil and color.
• Pour onto foil, cool.
• Break into pieces.

CINNAMON RED HOT ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk 1 cup cream and egg yolks together in a bowl until smooth.
• Combine half-and-half, 1 cup cream, and red hot candies in a large saucepan over medium-low; cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until candies dissolve, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour 1 cup red hot candies mixture into the cream-egg mixture; whisk until mixture is evenly combined. Pour cream-egg mixture into red hot candies mixture in the saucepan. Cook and stir until a film forms on the back of a spoon when dipped into the mixture, keeping just under a boil, about 5 minutes.
• Pour red hot candies mixture through a sieve into a bowl to collect any undissolved candies. Cover the bowl with a clean towel and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Pour red hot candies mixture into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturers' instructions.

RED CINNAMON CANDY

Steps:

• Combine sugar, syrup and water.
• Boil to hard-crack stage.
• Remove from heat, and add cinnamon oil and food coloring.
• Mix well, then pour onto a lightly greased 9x13 cookie sheet.
• Cool.
• While this is cooling, mark pieces with a spatula.
• When cool, break into bite-sized pieces.