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Christmas Candies

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Authors Booher, Margaret

Publisher College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Journal Arizona Agriculturist

Download date 03/10/2021 00:24:01

Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/303121 PAGE TEN ARIZONA AGRICULTURIST DECEMBER, 1926

CHRISTMAS CANDIES

By MARGARET BOOHER, '27. Some Pointers in the Preparation of Home Made Sweets; Re ceipts for Candy Not to Be Equalled in Any Confectionery

�HERE is no other season in the Orange Fudge is made as follows: brown sugar; 0 cup corn syrup; 1h U whole year when one has a 1% cups sugar; 0 cup milk; 2 ta cup of water; 1,4 cup butter; 1h tea "sweet tooth" like the Christ blespoons butter; 3 tablespoons or spoon soda; lAl teaspoon salt; 1% mas Holidays. People will often ob ange juice; 1 tablespoon grated orange cups nut meats. tain enough calories from candy alone rind; 0 cup nuts. Put sugar, corn syrup and water in to enable them to do an enormous Boil sugar and milk for five min a sauce pan and cook, stirring until day's work, for every average size utes; then add butter, orange juice and sugar is dissolved. Boil until it piece of candy adds 100 calories, and grated rind. Cook until a soft ball reaches crack stage (33 degrees F). how many of us stop with Just one stage is reached. Remove from fire, Remove from fire and add salt, soda piece. If a person is in a normal con and set in pan of ice water until pan and butter. Stir only enough to mix dition, the system can take care of is cool enough to hold. Beat until well. Add nut meats and turn at an over supply of sugar without any creamy and then mold into roll. Can once in a shallow greased pan. When ill effects for a reasonable length of died orange peel can be layed across cool crack into pieces with the sharp time. the top. edge of a knife. So, if we are going to have candy, Date Loaf: If one uses a candy thermometer, let us make it as delicious and at there is no of 2 cups sugar; % cup milk; 1 tea danger cooking candy tractive as To too or not The soft possible. many people spoon vanilla; % pound of dates, long long enough. home made means which ball is 236 F. candy fudge, seeded; 0 cup of walnuts; 1 table stage degrees in cases is more nor Some add a small amount of many nothing spoon vanllla. people less than a corn to their to it hard, creamy, "sugary" Cook sugar and milk until soft ball sprup candy give which does our a texture. This to substance not satisfy stage is reached. Remove from fire finer helps bring for sweet. there is about a in the which hunger However, and pour into a clean pan placed in change sugar a way to make fudge which is very cold water. Add butter, vanilla, dates breaks it down into simpler com delicious. Melt 1 % squares of choco and nuts. When cooled beat until pounds, which do not crystalize as late, 2 cups of sugar and % cups of thick. If it is too sticky to mold in readily as granulated sugar. Long, milk. Stir until all of slow or addition of an acid crystals sugar hand, roll in a slightly dampened piece cooking, are dissolved before the such as lemon or thoroughly of chese cloth, and let stand over orange juice, juice cream the mixture is allowed to boil. Then just night. This candy is better after it of tartar will bring about as the syrup begins to boil, wipe the has set for several hours. same change. sides of the pan with a damp.ened Penuche: These recipes given here have been of cheese cloth tied around the piece 3 cups brown sugar; 2 tablespoons tried out in cooking clases at the of a fork. This can be prongs dipped butter; 1 cup milk; 112 teaspoon of University of Arizona, and if fol into a of cold water to dissolve cup vanilla; 10 cup nut meats. lowed closely good results should he the which are sugar crystals wiped Directions the same as for Choco obtained. from the sides of the pan. late Fudge. ------A------When the syrup has cooked until a Fondant is the basis for all fancy GOOD HEALTH NEEDED FOR soft ball is formed when dropped in candies. It is made as follows: EGG PRODUCTION

cold water, remove from fire and 2 cups granulated sugar; 112 cup of Hens cannot make efficient use of place the pan in ice water. Add 1 water; 1h teaspoon cream of tartar. their feed if they are infected with tablespoonful of butter, 1 teaspoon of Put sugar, cream of tartar and intestinal round worms or tape worms. vanilla, and 0 cup of nt.ts. Do not water on fire and stir till stgar is Watch the combs of the laying flock. stir until the syrup is luke-warm, or dissolved. Let boil until it reaches the If they turn dark, become pale or is not too hot to burn the fingers, soft ball stage. Remove all crystals shrivel, kill one or two hens and ex then beat until it becomes thick from the side of the pan with a damp amine for worms. If any are found enough to pick up in the hands and ened piece of cheese cloth, pour syrup use a standard treatment. knead, until very creamy and of a onto a platter or marble slab and do very fine textur.e. Then roll in waxed not dsiturb until cool to the touch. paper and leave until ready to slice, Beat till creamy and finish molding Duco for Farm Use-· and every crumb is worked into the in the hands. This should be set Being absolutely waterproof, high roll which does away with crumbs and aside for a day or two. It can be ly resistant to both heat and cold, corner pieces which are present when used in many ways. Dat;s can be and having exceptional lasting quali fudge is poured into apan or plate. stuffed or covered. It makes delicious ties, DUCO is recommended for gen Many people do not care for the nut and candied fruit rolls. Bonbons eral farm use. When subjected to chocolate flavor, but there are ways can be made and dipped in melted weather conditions DUCO proves its to substitute other ingredients for chocolate. worth. DUCO is easily applied and chocolate. Orange Fudge, Date Loaf For a hard candy, Nut Brittle IS is available in 24 colors. DUCO is and Penuche are similar to fudge usually the faorite. sold in Tucson by The F. Ronstadt but have different flavors. 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup Co.-Adv.