posted by Marlen 11-06-100 1:28 PM
Broken Glass Candy
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
Mix all ingredients and stir over heat until sugar dissolves. Boil to 300F or hard crack on candy thermometer.
Remove from heat and add 1/4 teaspoon oil flavoring (peppermint, wintergreen, cinnamon, etc.) and desired food coloring.
Pour onto well-buttered cookie sheet. Mark into pieces as soon as it starts to harden around the edge.
Powder candy with powdered sugar and break into pieces when set.
Broken Glass Candy
Confectioners' sugar
3 3/4 Cups sugar
1 1/4 Cups light Karo® syrup
1 Cup water
Food coloring
1 tsp. oil flavoring (available at pharmacy in flavors such as cinnamon, anise, wintergreen, spearmint, lime)
Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on 2 (15 x 11-inch) cookie sheets.
Combine sugar, Karo® syrup and water in heavy saucepan and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Continue to cook, without stirring, until syrup reaches 290ºF on candy thermometer.
Remove from heat and add food coloring to desired intensity and the desired oil flavoring. Pour onto cookie sheets, cool and break into small pieces. Makes 2 1/4 pounds.