I make this and put it in to jars and give as gifts at Christmas. It is an old fashioned hard candy with a lot of kick. I don't like to make this with kids anywhere near the kitchen. I usually wait till my daughter is asleep. The cinnamon is very strong and the fumes can burn your eyes, and making candy means boiling sugar...I love cooking with my daughter BUT THERE IS NOT a place for a kid in the kitchen with this recipe. It is easy, but you must be careful when cooking this.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups of white Karo syrup
1 Cup of water
3 and 3/4 cups of sugar
1 and 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon oil. (I get this from behind the pharmacy counter at walmart. They may look at you like you are crazy when you ask for it, but someone there knows what it is. I get it EVERY year with no trouble. It is behind the counter cause it can burn you, badly. Do not spill this on you, don't add more than the recipe calls for either!)
Red food coloring
Powdered sugar for dusting
Directions:
1. Prepare a 9x13 cookie sheet by lining it with foil and spraying lightly with cooking spray, set aside.
2. Add sugar, water, and Karo syrup to a large (stainless steel preferred) saucepan. Cook over medium high heat stirring constantly till candy thermometer reaches 310 degrees.
3. Remove from heat. DO NOT PUT YOUR FACE OVER THE POT, stand back and add the cinnamon oil to the pan...it will steam up in your face if you are over it, then add a few drops of red food coloring. Stir to mix and immediately poor in to prepared pan. Let set overnight to cool.
4. When cooled sift powdered sugar over the top of pan and lightly hit it with a hammer to break in to bite size pieces. Store in airtight container with a little extra powdered sugar to keep from sticking.
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