Christmas Hard Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups sugar
1 cup Karo syrup
1 cup water
2 teaspoons cinnamon oil or 2 teaspoons oil peppermint extract
red food coloring or green food coloring
powdered sugar

Preparation

Mix first 3 ingredients and boil to hard cracker stage, 300\u00b0F.
Add oil of cinnamon or peppermint and food coloring.
Pour into foiled lined cookie sheet.
Sprinkle powdered sugar over the candy while its still warm.
Break candy in small pieces when it is cool enough to handle.