Candied Violets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
violets

Preparation

Make a syrup by stirring water into sugar in small saucepan.
Boil till slightly thickened; stir in almond extract.
Let syrup cool a little.
Place the violets, a few at a time into syrup. Make sure that they are completely covered.
Remove from syrup and place on wax paper to dry.
Note: Do NOT use African violets!