Stained Glass Candy

Name: Stained Glass Candy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 2 pounds.
Ingredients: 3-1/2 cups sugar; 1-1/2 cups light corn syrup; 1 cup water; 1 tablespoon wintergreen oil; 3 to 4 drops green food coloring

This recipe gives you two variations—green-colored candy with wintergreen flavor and red-colored candy with cranberry flavor. I like to make both because they look so pretty together on a tray. —Karolin Kershner, Barrington, Illinois

Ingredients

3-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
1 tablespoon wintergreen oil
3 to 4 drops green food coloring

Directions

Butter a 15x10x1-in. pan; set aside.
In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. 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).
Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring (keep face away from mixture as oil is very strong). Immediately pour into prepared pan; cool. Break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

To make Cranberry Stained Glass Candy: Substitute 1 tablespoon cranberry flavoring for the wintergreen oil and 7-8 drops of red food coloring for the green food coloring.

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.

Nutrition Facts

1 ounce-weight: 132 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 10mg sodium, 34g carbohydrate (26g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch.

Originally published as Stained Glass Candy in Country Woman Christmas 2011