Old Fashion Rock Candy
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup red cinnamon candies
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
Directions
This is a great recipe to use if you don't want all the hassle of the sterile jar and string way of doing rock candy.
Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy 3-quart saucepan.
Cook over low heat,stirring constantly,until sugar dissolves.
Continue cooking over medium heat,stirring often,about 10 minutes or until mixture reaches soft ball stage or a candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees.
Add cinnamon candies and cook,stirring constantly, to hard crack stage or a candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.
Remove from heat and stir in butter.
Quickly pour into a buttered 13x9x2 inch pan and cool.
When cooled,break into pieces.
Other options
Use a few drops of food coloring and 1/2-1 teaspoon of flavor extracts such as peppermint in place of the cinnamon candies.
If desired, sprinkle buttered pan with a light coating of powdered sugar before pouring mixture or toss broken pieces in powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together in your storage container.
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