Licorice drops
Licorice drops recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon black food coloring
- 1/4 teaspoon anise extract or pulverized anise seeds
Recipe method:
- Put the sugars, water and corn syrup into a pot, set the pot over medium heat and stir.
- When the batch has boiled for the first time, wash the sugar crystals down from the sides of the pot.
- Put the thermometer in the pot and cook without stirring to 290 degrees F, soft crack stage.
- Take the pot from the heat and add the food coloring and the anise flavoring and stir them in gently.
- With a teaspoon, drop round patties about the size of quarters onto a greased baking sheet.
- If the candy in the pot gets too firm for spooning, reheat it gently until it softens.
- Cool the drops completely but not in the refrigerator or the pieces will stick.
- Wrap the drops individually in wax paper or cellophane.
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