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.
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.
Nancy
I just cannot spend $90 on pectin for a home kitchen. Is there any way to buy it in (much) smaller quantities? If not can you recommend another pectin. I have already had multiple recipe failures.
Thank you so much, Nancy
Teri
Hi Nancy
Give us a call 877-886-5151 or email me @ support@pacificpectin.com and we can definitely help you with a smaller size as well as help you figure out what might be going on.
Fran Rupley
what is 80 brix temperature in Fahrenheit
Teri
Hello Fran
Although there is a correlation between Brix and temperature, we highly recommend using a refractometer to measure Brix. Using a refractometer guarantees that no other variable such as altitude etc.. is effecting the Brix-temperature relationship. It is possible to take note of the temperature at your desired Brix level using a refractometer and cook to that temperature in the future. If you are trying to cook using a thermometer this is the easiest way to ensure the accuracy of your cook temperature.
Lise Rousseau
In the recipe, you refer to a slab. I assume you mean something like a marble slab? Can these be poured into a cookie sheet or molds?
Thanks
Teri
Hi Lise
Yes, you can use molds or a cookie sheet either one.