Making candies
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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
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- Making candies
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- December, 1940 THE YOUNG CITIZEN II THE II n®B JI Pf:INTRY II_ MAKING CANDIES 473 (Continued from the November number) CHRISTMAS without candy which has been diluted would not seem just right. with water), and one cup of For the past two months evaporated milk which is we have been publish- not diluted. Boil to 245 ing recipes for home- degrees Fahrenheit and made candies, and this then pour. . month we conclude the series. Choose those candies from this list which you like best, or have the greatest success in making, and let your Christmas candies this year be made at home. Chocolate Marshmallow Caramels Use the chocolate caramel recipe which was published last month. Pour half of it into a pan and cover with . split marshmallow candies. Pour caramel on top. Lemon Caramels of finely ground coffee for five minutes. Strain through s ever a l thicknesses o f cheesecloth. Take a pound of loaf sugar, slightly moisten the pieces with water, and boil to 240 degrees. Add the coffee and boil until it hardens in cold water. Pralines Boil one cup of maple syrup (to be purchased at a good grocery store), 2 cups of powdered sugar, and one-half cup of cream (or Carnation milk not diluted) to 240 degrees. Re, More recipes for making caramels are given this month. Before trying any of these recipes, see the general instructions in the issue of THE YOUNG CIT!ZEN for last month. Ma/asses Caramels Pour into a kettle Slightly moisten a pound move from the fire and beat of loaf sugar and boil to until it is a creamy consist240 degrees. Add the rind ency. Add 2 cups of pecan of one lemon grated and I nut meats cut into pieces. or mixed with one-fourth of a Drop from a spoon in small sauce-pan one pound of cup of sugar and the juice piles on oiled paper. This thick molasses with one of the lemon. Boil until it is a very delicious candy pound of Karo syrup (to hardens in cold water. and in some places is quite be purchased at a good famous. grocery store), one pound Coffee Caramels Pralines are merely a of granulated sugar, 3 cups Make a strong solution confection made of nut of milk (or 3 cups of Car- of coffee by boiling one cup kernels. Any nuts can be nation evaporated mi 1 k of water and one-half cup used instead of pecans.