Gumdrops
Gumdrops recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1, 1 3/4 ounces, box powdered fruit pectin
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup water
- Granulated sugar, for coating
- Food coloring and flavoring:
- Cherry – 1 teaspoon cherry extract, 7 drops red food coloring
- Peppermint – 1 teaspoon peppermint extract, 7 drops green food coloring
- Spearmint – 1 teaspoon spearmint extract, 7 drops green food coloring
- Orange – 2 teaspoons orange extract, 1 drop red food coloring
- Lemon – 2 teaspoons lemon extract, 10 drops yellow food coloring
Recipe method:
- Stir the sugar and syrup together in a 2 quart saucepan.
- In another 2 quart saucepan, mix together the pectin, baking soda and water. The mixture will foam.
- Place both of the pans over high heat.
- Cook both mixtures, stirring them simultaneously, until the foam thins in the pectin mixture and the sugar mixture comes to a rapid boil. This should take 3 to 5 minutes.
- Pour the pectin mixture in a slow, thin stream into the boiling sugar mixture.
- Stir continuously as you pour and take 1 full minute to make the transfer.
- Cook and stir the mixture for 1 more minute.
- Remove it from the heat and stir in flavoring and coloring.
- Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf pan.
- Let the candy stand at room temperature until cool and firm, about 4 hours.
- Cut the candy into squares and roll them in sugar.
- Store the candy at room temperature in a loosely covered container.
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