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Recipe:
This recipe of making lollipops will take you around 20 minutes tops. I've used this recipe ever since I was 6 years old, I hope you enjoy it.
Lollipops are an old-fashioned sugar candy favorite. You can vary the colors or flavors to suit your tastes. Make sure you have an accurate candy thermometer for this recipe!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ cup water
- ¾ tsp extract of your choice (vanilla, mint, cinnamon, coconut, etc)
- Food coloring (optional)
- Lollipop
molds and sticks
Preparation:
1. Prepare your molds by spraying them with nonstick cooking spray and inserting lollipop sticks into the molds.
2. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Insert the candy thermometer and stir until sugar dissolves.
3. Allow to boil, without stirring, until candy reaches 295 degrees (hard-crack stage).
4. Once the candy reaches 295, remove it from heat. Stir in the extract of your choice, and, if desired, food coloring.
5. Spoon the candy into the mold cavities, making sure to cover the back of the stick.
6. Allow to cool completely and remove once hardened.
2. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Insert the candy thermometer and stir until sugar dissolves.
3. Allow to boil, without stirring, until candy reaches 295 degrees (hard-crack stage).
4. Once the candy reaches 295, remove it from heat. Stir in the extract of your choice, and, if desired, food coloring.
5. Spoon the candy into the mold cavities, making sure to cover the back of the stick.
6. Allow to cool completely and remove once hardened.
I never knew why a lollipop was called a lollipop before now! I really like how you put a little background information on the lollipop before you wrote the recipe. I think I will actually try this recipe sometime!
ReplyDeleteLollipops are probaly one of my favorite sweets, behind kitkats ofcourse. But I truly love them, I had never heard of how it came to be created and why it was called the way it is, so it was very interesting to see that fun fact. The recipe for making these sweets look very simple and it is appealing to the general public, I find it so surprising that something that takes such little time and is so simple to make, is so cherished in the world and bought instead of simply being produced. Thanks for the information and the recipe, I really think I'm gonna try my hands at making some oneday.
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