[Sca-cooks] OOP ribbon candy jig

[Huette von Ahrens]

Here is a recipe I have for ribbon candy.  I have
not tried it, but I thought you might find it
interesting.

Huette

Ribbon Candy

Ingredients

3 cups sugar 
1 cup light corn syrup 
1/4 cup water 
6 to 8 drops peppermint oil or cinnamon oil 
1/4 teaspoon red paste food coloring 
1/4 teaspoon green paste food coloring 
2 pairs white cotton work gloves 

Method 

Butter 3 shallow baking pans; set aside. Butter
sides of 3 quart saucepan. In saucepan, combine
sugar, corn syrup and water. 
Cook over medium high heat to boiling, stirring
constantly with wooden spoon to dissolve sugar,
about 5 minutes. Avoid splashing mixture on side
of pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring
occasionally, until thermometer registers 280° F,
soft crack stage, about 20 minutes. Remove from
heat; stir in peppermint or cinnamon oil. Pour
about 2/3 of the mixture into a buttered pan. 
Pour half of the remaining candy into a warm 
small saucepan. 
Add red coloring to this portion and pour into
another buttered pan. 
Add green coloring to the remaining portion in 
the 3 quart saucepan. Pour in remaining buttered
pan. Let candy cool slightly, 3 to 5 minutes for
larger, uncolored portion, 1 to 2 minutes for
smaller, red and green portions. As edges cool,
lift and fold edges to center with metal spatula.
(If candy is too warm, it will stick to spatula.)

When red and green candy can be rolled into balls
with spatula, they are ready for shaping. With
gloved hands, pull and twist red candy until 
light in color, 2 to 3 minutes. Shape into 6 
inch rope. 
Place in 1 of the buttered pans and keep warm in
200° F oven. 
Repeat with green portion. At the same time, have
the 2nd person pull uncolored portion until 
white. Shape into a 6 inch rope. Place white rope
in center of one of the buttered baking sheets;
place one colored rope on each side of white 
rope. Press all three ropes together to form a
single flat log. Working quickly, have one person
stretch one end of striped candy log, lengthwise,
working to other end until ribbon narrows to 
about one inch wide. Have second person
immediately follow first person and turn ribbon
onto 1 edge and fold accordion style to make
ribbon shape; break off in 6 inch lengths. If
candy hardens to much, return to oven 3 to 5
minutes to soften. 

Note: 
It takes 2 people to pull and shape this candy, 
it hardens very fast. 


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