Roll the pieces in confectioners’ sugar to coat before letting them completely cool on a baking sheet. Roll the candy into long ropes and cut into small pieces. Let the candy rest until it is cool enough to handle, but do not let it harden completely. Using a bench scraper or a metal spatula, turn the mass on itself until the citric acid and food coloring has been distributed evenly. Sprinkle the citric acid, extract and food coloring on top. Pour the mixture onto the prepared pan or marble slab.
#LEMON DROPS CRACK#
Continue cooking until it reaches 300F, hard crack stage. In a saucepan, combine the sugar with 1/2 cup of water. Spray a pair of kitchen shears with the spray as well. They are everything I was looking for!Ģ teaspoons citric acid (powdered or crystals)Ĭoat a large pan or marble slab with cooking spray. And as long as they taste good, it doesn’t matter what shape they are, right? These little candies are the perfect amount of sour and sweet. But in the end, I didn’t really mind because I kind of like their rustic look. But surprisingly, this was much easier to make that I was expecting!! I wanted to shape the candies into their little lemon shape, but I don’t really know how you do that because by the time I had cut all the candies, they had already hardened so much that I couldn’t even try to shape them. It requires the use of a candy thermometer, you are working with hot candy, and you have to work fast. This is one of those candy recipes that looks a little bit scary when you first read through it. According the Nut Factory’s candy history, the lemon drop was a traditional candy genteel women sucked discreetly during afternoon gatherings.
When I first saw this cookbook, I knew that I wanted to make them, without even looking at the recipe!! Traditionally, lemon drops were sold at drugstores and apothecary shops as a medicinal product to mask unpleasant tastes. On the bottom corner, there are some lemon drops. Lemon Drops Hard Candy - Old Fashioned Candy - Individually Wrapped - Yellow Candy - Bulk Candy, 4 LB Party Bag, Family Size. On the cover of this month’s Cookbook of the Month – Field Guide to Candy – there are several candies pictured. It’s not that I don’t like chocolate, but I just really like lemon.
If I have the choice of a slice of lemon meringue pie or a slice of chocolate cake, 95% of the time I will grab the lemon meringue pie and run. Some people can’t get enough chocolate, but I can’t get enough citrus.
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