Jelly candies
Course: Candies and Sweets Jams and jellies

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Jelly candies ingredients

  • IN A SMALL PAN
  • 1 3⁄4 oz Dry fruit pectin (Sure Jel)
  • 3⁄4 c water
  • 1⁄2 t Baking soda
  • IN A 2ND LARGER PAN
  • 1 c Sugar
  • 1 c Light Karo
  • 1 Flavor/color/citric acid

Cooking Jelly candies

1. Lightly grease candy molds, or spray with pam, and sprinkle with ganulated sugar.
2. In 1st saucepan, combine fruit pectin, water & baking soda; set aside.
3. In a 2nd pan, combine sugar & corn syrup, mixing well.
4. Cook both mixtures, stirring alternately until foam subsides in the soda mixture, about 5 minutes.
5. Pour pectin mixture in a slow, steady stream into the boiling sugar mixture, stirring constantly.
6. Boil & stir for one minute more.
7. Remove from heat stir in flavoring, food color & ½ teas.
8. Citric acid.
9. Pour into prepared molds.
10. Let set for 24 hours.
11. Remove from molds.
12. Let stand for at least a day before packaging.
13. ***you can use juice of a lemon for flavoring if you wish.
14. Color some, leave some clear (for a rind).
15. Molds are available at cake supply shops for the famous "orange slice" candies.
16. Dolores mccann,oh-- from harold guttman dolores mccann, prodigy food & wine board.