Candied Ginger - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb fresh ginger
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
sugar, for coating

Preparation

Peel ginger and slice into 1/4\" thick pieces.
In the slowcooker pour water, corn syrup and 2 cups of sugar-heat on high until sugar is dissolved.
Add ginger bits, stir well, and reduce heat to low. Simmer in slowcooker for 24 hours. Syrup should be golden brown at this point.
Cool, then strain. Reserve syrup for use as desired.
Toss ginger in white granulated sugar until well coated, store in an airtight container.