Hard Candies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
2 c. water
1/2 tsp. salt
food coloring
2/3 c. light corn syrup
2 tsp. flavoring extract or 1/2 tsp. flavoring oil

Preparation

Cook sugar, corn syrup and water to medium crack stage (295\u00b0). Stir in flavoring extract or oil, salt and coloring.
Quickly pour onto a sheet of aluminum foil.
When cooled, crack into pieces with knife handle.
Store in tightly covered container. Yields 1 pound.