Hard Maple Candy
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 5 min. Cook: 30 min. + cooling
YIELD: 1-3/4 pounds.
During the war, the women at my grandmother's church would donate sugar rations throughout the year so they'd have enough to make candy as a fundraiser each Christmas. I'm lucky enough to have inherited this tried-and-true recipe.
—Dorothea Bohrer, Silver Spring, Maryland
Ingredients
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1-1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
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3-1/2 cups sugar
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1 cup light corn syrup
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1 cup water
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3 tablespoons maple flavoring
Directions
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1.
Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan with butter; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium-high heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage), stirring occasionally.
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2.
Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pan; cool completely. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts
1/2 ounce: 69 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.
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