Re: Re: cayenne pepper candy recipe-SALLY

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Susie

I don't see any reason why you can't just put it on your food and get

the same benefits but i'm no expert.

I would love your hard candy receipe if you still have it.

Thanks

Sally

Cayenne Pepper candy for colds

(not hard candy as I stated, this sound more like taffy! Yum!

This recipe, developed at Yale, has had much success but is currently not

FDA approved. (now isnt that a hoot? FDA approved? Ha!)

1 tablespoon butter to grease the pan, then mix:

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup light corn syrup

2/3 cups water

1 tablespoon cornstarch

2 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 - 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Butter a square 8x8x2 pan, and set aside. In a 2-quart sauce pan, combine

the sugar, corn syrup, water, cornstarch, butter and salt. Cook over medium

heat, stirring constantly, to 265 degrees on a candy thermometer (or until

small

amounts of the mixture dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball).

Remove from the heat; stir in the vanilla and cayenne pepper, and pour into the

greased pan.

When the mixture is just cool enough to handle, butter hands & pull the

candy until it is satiny, light in color, and stiff. Pull into long strips,

1/2 inch wide. Cut the strips into 1-inch pieces. Wrap the pieces individually

in waxed paper, and store them in an airtight container.

I would think you could cook this to " hard crack " stage and then pour into a

pan to cool, then smack it to break into small pieces.

Heat Scale: Medium

Yield: About 1 pound