Name: Hard Candy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; White sugar - 3 ¾ cups; Light corn syrup - 1 ½ cups; Water - 1 cup; Orange, or other flavored extract - 1 tablespoon; Food coloring (Optional) - ½ teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar for dusting - ¼ cup

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Cooking:

5 min.

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Ingredients for - Hard Candy

1. Cooking spray -

2. White sugar - 3 ¾ cups

3. Light corn syrup - 1 ½ cups

4. Water - 1 cup

5. Orange, or other flavored extract - 1 tablespoon

6. Food coloring (Optional) - ½ teaspoon

7. Confectioners' sugar for dusting - ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Hard Candy

1. Stage

Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

2. Stage

Stir together white sugar, corn syrup, and water in a medium saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Without stirring, heat to 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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Remove from the heat and stir in flavored extract and food coloring. Pour onto the prepared cookie sheet. Dust top with confectioners' sugar. Dotash Meredith Food Studios

5. Stage

Let cool until hardened, about 15 minutes. Break into about 36 pieces and store in an airtight container. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS