*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                               Ribbon Candy

Recipe By     : Country Home 12/95
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Candy

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3      cups          sugar
   1      cup           light corn syrup
     1/4  cup           water
   6      -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

Butter 3 shallow baking pans; set aside. Butter sides of 3-qt saucepan.
In saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, & water. Cook over med.-high
heat to boiling, stirring constantly with wooden spoon to dissolve
sugar, about 5 min. Avoid splashing mixture on sides of pan. Carefully
clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Cook over med. heat, stirring
occasionally, until thermometer registers 280°, soft-crack stage, about
20 min. Remove from heat; stir in peppermint or cinnamon oil.

Pour about 2/3s 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-qt saucepan. Pour in remaining buttered pan.

Let candy cool slightly, 3-5 min. for larger, uncolored portion, 1-2
min for smaller, red & green portions. As edges cool, lift & fold edges
to center with metal spatula. (If candy is too warm, it will stick to
spatula.) When red & 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, 2-3
min. Shape into 6: rope. Place in 1 of the buttered pans & keep warm in
200° oven. Repeat with green portion. At the same time, have the 2nd
person pull uncolored portion until white. Shape into 6" rope.

Place white rope in center of 1 of the buttered baking sheets; place 1
colored rope on each side of white rope. Press all 3 ropes together to
form a single flat log. Working quickly, have 1 person stretch 1 end of
striped candy, log lengthwise, working to other end until ribbon
narrows to about 1" wide.  Have 2nd person immediately follow 1st
person & turn ribbon onto 1 edge & fold accordion-style to make ribbon
shape; break off in 6" lengths. If candy hardens too much, return to
oven 3-5 min to soften.

Yield: 2 pounds. 



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NOTES : It takes 2 people to pull & shape this candy; it hardens very
quickly!