Red Cinnamon Candy

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Red Cinnamon Candy

Red Cinnamon Candy is a traditional American recipe for a classic red cinnamon-flavoured candy that's typically served at Halloween. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Red Cinnamon Candy.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

30 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Additional Time:

(+cooling)

Makes:

Rating:

Tags : Spice Recipes USA Recipes

Ingredients:

2 tsp cinnamon oil
600g sugar
250ml water
240ml light corn syrup or maple syrup
1 tbsp red food colouring
Icing sugar to coat

Method:

Combine the sugar, syrup and water in a saucepan Bring to a boil and continue cooking (without stirring) until the mixture registers 150°C as measured by a confectioner's thermometer (the Hard Crack stage).

Take off the heat and stir-in the food colouring then pour onto a greased baking tray. Allow to cool until the mixture can just be handled then pull the toffees into long strips. Fold over an pull again. Repeat this process about five times then form long strips and cut into lozenge-sized pieces with greased scissors. Roll the pieces in icing sugar, over in waxed paper and store in an air-tight tin or jar.