Cinnamon Hard Candies

Name: Cinnamon Hard Candies
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes about 120 candies
Ingredients: 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups sugar; 2 tbsp. light corn syrup; 1 tbsp. cinnamon extract or or 1⁄2 tsp. cinnamon oil; 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. red food coloring

Serves
makes about 120 candies

ANDRE BARANOWSKI

Cinnamon oil or extract gives these confections a tongue-tingling heat.

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
2 tbsp. light corn syrup
1 tbsp. cinnamon extract or or 1⁄2 tsp. cinnamon oil
¹⁄₄ tsp. red food coloring

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Instructions

Step 1

Line an 8" x 8" metal baking pan with parchment paper and grease parchment with nonstick spray; set aside. Heat sugar, corn syrup, and 1⁄2 cup water in a 1-qt. saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and cover; boil for 3 minutes. Remove lid and attach a candy thermometer to side of saucepan. Cook, without stirring, until sugar mixture reaches 300°; remove pan from heat. With a long-handled spoon, stir in the cinnamon extract and food coloring. Pour mixture onto prepared pan. Let cool slightly, until candy reaches pliable consistency. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut candy into 1⁄2" squares. Let cool for 30 minutes, until hard.

Step 2

Peel candies off parchment paper and wrap individually in confectioner's paper or dust candies with a mixture of 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, if you like, and transfer to a bowl.