Desserts & Candy

Hard Candy

From the kitchen of Mary Ringlein

Homemade hard candy, made with Lorann flavoring oils and boiled sugar, is a craft with roots in the professional confectionery tradition that home cooks adapted in the latter 20th century when specialty ingredients became widely available. In NE Ohio, where church bazaars and Christmas fairs often featured homemade candy tables, the ability to make your own hard candy in custom flavors and colors was a genuine skill worth sharing.

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Mix sugar, corn syrup, and water in large saucepan.
  2. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
  3. Boil without stirring until temperature reaches 310° or until drops form hard brittle threads in cold water.
  4. Remove from heat. When boiling has ceased, stir in flavoring and coloring.
  5. Pour onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
  6. Cool and sprinkle on powdered sugar if desired.
  7. Break into pieces. Store in airtight container.