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Thelma's Hard Christmas Candy

Author Jane Otto

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup syrup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon flavoring
  • 1 teaspoon coloring
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Boil until it crackles when dropped in cold water (almost 300 degrees). Hard crack. Do not stir. Add flavoring and coloring and blend by turning around in the pan. Anise for red. Wintergreen for green. Best if you make only 1/2 recipe at a time. Pour in small buttered container (about 6x8). As it cools, cut with scissors into small pillows.