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Cinnamon Hard Candy Recipe

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My Amish aunt made dozens of these spicy red squares for holiday gatherings when I was a tot. I'd always look for them glowing among the other candies she'd carry in! Nowadays, I stir up her recipe for my family.

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Cinnamon Hard Candy Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 25 min. + standing

Yield: 16 Servings

10 25 35

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon oil
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring

Directions

In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, water and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Uncover and cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 310° (hard-crack stage). Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring, keeping face away from the mixture as the odor with be very strong.
Immediately pour onto a greased baking sheet. Quickly spread into a 13-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Using a sharp knife, score into 1-in. squares. Re-cut rectangle along scored lines until candy is cut into squares. Let stand at room temperature until dry. Separate into squares, using a knife if necessary. Yield: 1 pound.

Editor's Note: Cinnamon oil can be found in some pharmacies or at kitchen and cake decorating supply stores.

Editor's Note: We recommend that you test your candy thermometer before each use by bringing water to a boil; the thermometer should read 212°. Adjust your recipe temperature up or down based on your test.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 126 calories, trace fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 13 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Cinnamon Hard Candy in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1999, p37

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Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2012 by tootlissie

This is a Christmas favorite for our family!My sister-in-love sent this recipe in years ago. I'll always remember the first time I had a piece of it. YUM!!

Reviewed on Jun. 04, 2012 by terrydel

will make many times over, all year round. Just make with 2 T. Cinnamon

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2011 by pajamaangel

I couldn't find any cinnamon oil so I used cinnamon extract. I know it doesn't taste the same way it would have with the oil, but it is still surprisingly good and addictive. Be careful though, cuz I actually broke my tooth on a piece of it! The look of this candy is amazing!

Reviewed on Jan. 06, 2010 by erwin669

This was great! It was my first try at making hard candy and I couldn't have asked for better results. Just wished my family had left me a little more. Wondering now where I can find some more cinnamon oil to make another batch. I debated on making the squares, but I did and everyone wondered how I did it. By the way I poured out candy onto a baking sheet covered with heavy foil and buttered, and it didn't stick together, so no need for powdered sugar. I think it is prettier this way. You just have to have a little patience making it, something I'm not good with, but boy was it worth it!

Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2010 by janettandrews

I made 1 lb. of this candy and gave some to family and friends. At christmas everyone asked for it,so I made 6 lbs. When I asked my mother-in-law what she wanted for her birthday now in January she said more hard candy, I sent her 3 lbs.. I that this will become a holiday tradition now.