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Re: keeping hard candy hard

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Posted by Dolores on October 23, 2009 at 17:33:08:

In Reply to: keeping hard candy hard posted by Gloria on October 15, 2009 at 20:47:54:

Maybe you aren't cooking them long enough. I try to cook to 285-290 degrees. Also, be sure to immerse thermometer in water, bring to boil...see if it reads 212 degrees. On rainy days it will boil about 208 deg. here. You stop sooner if it boils sooner.

Also, I dust my hard candy with conf. sugar so they won't stick together. If making small pieces, whenever you think of it (every couple of days), go by and give it a shake so they don't stick together.

There may be things that commercial cooks use that we can't too. Dolores at http://www.sugarcraft.com

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: Maybe you aren't cooking them long enough. I try to cook to 285-290 degrees. Also, be sure to immerse thermometer in water, bring to boil...see if it reads 212 degrees. On rainy days it will boil about 208 deg. here. You stop sooner if it boils sooner.

Also, I dust my hard candy with conf. sugar so they won't stick together. If making small pieces, whenever you think of it (every couple of days), go by and give it a shake so they don't stick together.

There may be things that commercial cooks use that we can't too. Dolores at http://www.sugarcraft.com


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