LIFE SLIVERS (Candy)
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, P. 231). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]
The Candy WITHOUT the holes!
INGREDIENTS:
3¾ cups sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
1 teaspoon flavoring oil of your choice ( NOTE: this is not extract but an oil from the pharmacy)
6 to 8 drops assorted food coloring of your choice
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix together sugar, corn syrup and water in A heavy 2 ½-quart sauce pan. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil. Boil, without stirring, until it reaches 310°F – a bit more than “hard crack” stage (when a few drops of the hot candy, put in cold water, causes the candy to make a “cracking” sound. At that point, remove from heat.
Add flavoring oil and food coloring. Pour into foil-lined pan so that it is about 1/8-inch thick. When candy hardens at room temperature, within an hour, you can break it into slivers and dust in powdered sugar. Store at room temperature in a covered container. Makes 2 pounds.
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