Country fair cream candy
Country fair cream candy recipe in the fudge category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, or both
- 1/2 cup broken nut meats
- 10 candied cherries, sliced
Recipe method:
- In a 2 quart saucepan combine sugar and cream, stirring well.
- Place on heat, then continue stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Cover pan. Bring mixture to a boil.
- Cook 1 minute or until steam inside pan has melted all sugar crystals down from the sides.
- Remove cover. Continue cooking without stirring over gentle heat to a soft ball stage, 235 degrees F, about 12 minutes.
- Let cool without stirring or moving until lukewarm, 110 degrees F.
- Add flavoring, nutmeats and cherries.
- Stir beat with heavy spoon until candy becomes creamy and loses its gloss, about 8 minutes.
- Pour into a lightly greased, 8 inch square pan.
- Cut while still warm.
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