Ingredients
- 2/3 Cup Pacific HM-100 Pectin
- 9 Cups Sugar
- 4 Cups Fruit Juice
- One 16-oz. bottle Corn Syrup, heated
- Flavor and Coloring as desired
- 3 tsp. Citric Acid, dissolved into 3 tsp. water
Instructions
- Dry mix Pectin with 2 Cups of the sugar.
- Bring water to a boil and slowly add pectin/sugar mix while stirring.
- Once dissolved, add remaining sugar and heated corn syrup.
- Cook to 80 brix.
- Add flavor and coloring (if desired).
- Add citric acid solution just before you pour on slab.
- Pour quickly onto slab before the solution begins to set.
- Once cool, cut candies and roll them in sugar to prevent sticking.
Yield: Approximately 200 1-inch x 1-inch x ½-inch thick candies.
2 Responses
Ilse Dujmovic
Why do I need to use the corn syrup since we are always told how bad corn syrup is for our health?
Teri
Hello, this is just a sample recipe. You can use other sweeteners.