| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Dairy |
|
Candies |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
|
|
Lollipop sticks |
| 1 |
c |
Granulated sugar |
| 1/2 |
c |
Water |
| 1/8 |
ts |
Cream of tartar |
|
|
Green, yellow, or red food coloring |
|
|
Oil of peppermint, or the flavoring of your choice |
INSTRUCTIONS
Space lollipop sticks out on a buttered marble slab. Combine sugar, water
and cream of tartar in a small heavy saucepan (one per color). Place over
high heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Bring to a boil, then cover and cook
4 minutes to let steam wash down any sugar crystals stuck to the sides.
Uncover and cook WITHOUT STIRRING over medium high heat until mixture
begins to thicken. Add food coloring - 3 drops for green, 7 drops for red,
or 3 drops for yellow - and cook until mixture reaches 310F on a candy
thermometer. Remove from the ehat at once and add a few drops of peppermint
oil or the flavoring of your choice. Pour small circles of candy styrp at
the tops of the sticks and allow to cool for a few minutes before lossening
them, but be sure to loosen before they cool completely, or they might
crack. Wrap in clear plastic or cellophane.
YIELD: 10-12 lollipops
Recipe by: Homemade Good News (Vol 4 No 12) Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1
#567 by Sean Coate <swcoate@peganet.com> on Apr 14, 1997
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