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Old-Fashioned Hard Candy

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min. + cooling YIELD: 2 pounds.
The color of this old-fashioned hard candy is beautiful, and people are surprised by the wonderful watermelon flavor! —Amy Short, Milton, West Virginia

Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons butter
  • 3-3/4 cups sugar
  • 1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 to 3 drops red food coloring or color of your choice
  • 1/4 teaspoon watermelon flavoring or flavoring of your choice
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

  • 1. Grease two 15x10x1-in. pans with 2 teaspoons butter each; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and food coloring. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage).
  • 2. Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pans; cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

Nutrition Facts

1 ounce: 150 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 1mg cholesterol, 14mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

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