Friday Food Frolic! Maple Sugar Candy

Candy is a thorn-in-my-side in my house.
Everyone LOVES it and there are constant negotiations
with the little ladies to get their hands on some. 

So as a sort of compromise, we make maple sugar candy. I
t's good, it's very sweet, and it's not made with all sorts of white sugar and artificial colors.

MAPLE SUGAR CANDY

Ingredients:

2 cups fancy grade-A pure maple syrup

1/4 teaspoon organic milk or cream (can be omitted,

but helps to keep the mixture from boiling over)

wooden spoon

candy thermometer

powdered sugar

Directions:

1. In a large deep pot, heat the maple syrup and the milk or cream over medium-heat until the mixture reaches 233-300 degrees F. on a candy thermometer . The lower the temp, the more brittle and clear the candy will be, the higher, the more grainy it will turn out.

2. Let the mixture sit for about a minute. Stir with a wooden spoon and immediately pour the syrup into a wax paper lined jelly roll pan or into oiled candy molds.

3. Let the candies cool. Then pop them out of the molds or

out of the tray and break into small pieces.

4. Toss with powdered sugar to keep from sticking

and store in an airtight container.

Enjoy!