Categories: Candy

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp. oil flavoring
• Several drops food coloring

Directions

1. Butter large platter or cookie sheet and set aside.
2. Mix first 3 ingredients in a saucepan until sugar is dissolve. Cook without stirring until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees (hard crack stage). Immediately remove from heat. Add coloring and 1 dram (tsp) of oil flavoring. Stir until well mixed. Pour syrup onto pan or platter. Cut as it cools or let harden and shatter.

3. Flavor and color suggestions:

4. lemon-yellow

5. anise-black

6. orange- orange

7. peppermint- white

8. wintergreen-green

9. cherry- red

10. cinnamon- pink (or 2 drops red with 1 drop blue)

11. clove- blue

12. butter rum- dark yellow

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