Hard Candy

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 3.75 cups white sugar
• 1.5 cups light corn syrup
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon orange , or other flavored extract
• 0.5 teaspoons food coloring , Optional
• 0.25 cups confectioners' sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. 1

   Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Stir white sugar, corn syrup, and water together in a medium saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil.

3. 3

   Without stirring, heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.

4. 4

   Remove from the heat and stir in flavored extract and food coloring. Pour onto the prepared cookie sheet. Dust top with confectioners' sugar.

5. 5

   Let cool until hardened, about 15 minutes. Break into about 36 pieces and store in an airtight container.