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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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We concocted these eye-catching delights, perfect for Halloween. Dangle them with fishing line above your spooktacular table. Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups sugar |
3/4 cup water |
2/3 cup light corn syrup |
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar |
1/2 teaspoon orange oil |
paste food coloring in colors of your choice |
fishing line |
Directions:
1. Butter 10-12 assorted metal Halloween cookie cutters. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet; set aside.
2. In a small heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar. 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).
3. Remove from the heat; stir in orange oil. Pour into large ramekins or custard cups; tint with food coloring as desired.
4. Working quickly, pour sugar mixture into prepared cutters to a depth of 3/16 in. Cool for 1 minute. Using a wooden skewer, poke a hole in the top of each candy. (If sugar mixture hardens before pouring into cutters, microwave in a large ramekin or custard cup for 10 seconds on high.)
5. Remove cutters just before candy is set. String fishing line through holes; knot each line, forming a loop. Hang as desired. Yield: 10-12 candy ornaments.
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