Candy Recipes

Candied Citrus Peel

• Candied Citrus Peel
• zest of 4 lrg. lemons, 3 oranges, or 2 grapefruit
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water

First simmer zest in 1 quart water for 6 min. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside. Bring sugar and water to simmer. When sugar dissolves, cover pan and boil a few minutes until last drops of syrup fall from the end of a metal spoon to form a thread. Remove from heat, stir in peel, and steep 1 hr. Ready to use or store covered in refrigerator.


Caramel Corn

• Carmel Corn
• Put 3 1/2 L popped corn in a large paper bag (no unpopped kernels)
• Take
• 1/2 cup melted margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 cup cornsyrup

1. Microwave 2 min, stir and repeat. (If you put this recipe to music, that would be the chorus.)
2. Add 1/2 t baking powder, stir it in the mixture, and pour over popcorn in the bag.
3. Close and shake, Microwave 2 min, shake and repeat.
4. In these days of plastic grocery bags, I have sometimes been reduced to making it in a very large microwavable bowl, which is much more difficult.
5. One time, when out of brown sugar, and desperate for some kind of candied popcorn, I used white sugar, and added a couple teaspoons of cinnamon. It worked wonderfully, as the candy coating cooks to a
   crunchy shell in the microwave (that is, if you let it cool before eating it.) I expect you could add any flavoring or colors you wanted with good results.