Maple Candy In The Snow

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Someone was looking for maple syrup or sugar recipes. I looked thru my
Frugal Gourmet Cooks American and found some maple recipes. I'll post
the more interesting ones here. The first one is the one I remembered
that sent me looking. I'll include some of Smith's remarks.  "This
wonderful winter treat goes back to the very first days of  'sugaring'.
The sap was cooked down to sypru stage, and then, as a  special treat
for the children who helped with the loading of the  sap, the syrup was
reduced a bit further and then poured into the  snow. It would harden
immediately, giving one the most delightful and  chewy candy, candy
with that clean and natural maple taste....You can  do the same thing
easily. Place a pint or two of real maple syrup in  a small saucepan
and bring it to a light boil. Using a candy  thermometer, reduce the
syrup until you reach 270 deg. The syrup has  now reached the soft ball
stage and can be drizzled into the  snow....If that is not possible,
drizzle the syrup on a cold cookie  sheet from the refrigerator. The
candy will not keep more than a day  or two."  Posted to EAT-L Digest
09 Jan 97  From:    Julie Sterchi <sterchi@WABASH.NET>  Date:    Wed, 1
Jan 1997 21:32:54 -0800

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