Swedish Hard Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup dark corn syrup
1/3 cup butter
1 cup half-and-half
1 cup chopped blanched almond

Preparation

Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter and half-half in 2 qt heavy saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
(Watch so it doesn't overflow).
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, to the hard ball stage (250*).
Remove from heat; add chopped almonds.
Pour into small fluted paper dessert cups (about 1 1/2\" diameter- and once paper removed.. will have a pretty edge) or drop from teaspoon onto waxed paper- to make patties.