Hard Maple Candy

Total Time Prep: 5 min. Cook: 30 min. + cooling
Yield 1-3/4 pounds
Test Kitchen Approved
During the war, the women at my grandmother's church would donate sugar rations throughout the year so they'd have enough to make candy as a fundraiser each Christmas. I'm lucky enough to have inherited this tried-and-true recipe. —Dorothea Bohrer, Silver Spring, Maryland

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
  • 3-1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 tablespoons maple flavoring

Directions

  1. Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan with butter; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium-high heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage), stirring occasionally.
  2. Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pan; cool completely. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

1/2 ounce: 69 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

During the war, the women at my grandmother's church would donate sugar rations throughout the year so they'd have enough to make candy as a fundraiser each Christmas. I'm lucky enough to have inherited this tried-and-true recipe. —Dorothea Bohrer, Silver Spring, Maryland
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