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This recipe isn't quite mine (I don't have enough candy making experience to call it my own), but it's also so absurdly basic that I'm not having moral qualms about posting it. (I also have no idea where the hell I got it.)
It goes: Add 1.5 cups of sugar to .5 cups boiling water. Stir until sugar dissolves. Boil until syrup spins a thread. Add six drops oil of peppermint. Stir. Drop onto wax paper.
I first made this peppermint candy when I was maybe twelve years old, just getting into cooking by myself. I used peppermint extract, which is what the grocery store had, and the result was fine - sweet and a little minty - but not what I was looking for. I made it once with oil of peppermint, obtained through some family friend, and it was exactly what I was looking for. But then the bottle broke and my recipe went back to the cupboard.
Then I found oil of peppermint at AC Moore yesterday while looking for paint supplies. I remembered this little recipe and here we are.
I don't actually own a candy thermometer, but this has never stopped me. I test my candy in a cup of cold water and I generally still to this recipe. I fully intend to go out and buy more oils from AC Moore and make more flavorful candy (Cooking Know How: Oils of x are stronger than Extract of X). Cinnamon, lemon, and anise candy, here I come!
(Due to my lack of candy thermometer, I am probably Doing It Wrong. However, the candy generally hardens fairly well and is tasty. Beyond that I don't care. If you're more curious about doing it right, this might be up your alley.)
It goes: Add 1.5 cups of sugar to .5 cups boiling water. Stir until sugar dissolves. Boil until syrup spins a thread. Add six drops oil of peppermint. Stir. Drop onto wax paper.
I first made this peppermint candy when I was maybe twelve years old, just getting into cooking by myself. I used peppermint extract, which is what the grocery store had, and the result was fine - sweet and a little minty - but not what I was looking for. I made it once with oil of peppermint, obtained through some family friend, and it was exactly what I was looking for. But then the bottle broke and my recipe went back to the cupboard.
Then I found oil of peppermint at AC Moore yesterday while looking for paint supplies. I remembered this little recipe and here we are.
I don't actually own a candy thermometer, but this has never stopped me. I test my candy in a cup of cold water and I generally still to this recipe. I fully intend to go out and buy more oils from AC Moore and make more flavorful candy (Cooking Know How: Oils of x are stronger than Extract of X). Cinnamon, lemon, and anise candy, here I come!
(Due to my lack of candy thermometer, I am probably Doing It Wrong. However, the candy generally hardens fairly well and is tasty. Beyond that I don't care. If you're more curious about doing it right, this might be up your alley.)
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this would be way better to top the bruckle i make!
i hate smashing up store bought peppermints, so this will be lovely. :)
thanks!