Christmas Hard Tack Candy Recipe

L saw this recipe and will be using it to make him some for christmas as well as extra for the household.

Christmas hard tack candy recipe. It was fun as a kid to pretend that each tiny morsel was a precious jewel in a treasure box. Then snip the strips into pieces. Pour into 2 well buttered 9 inch pans.

Thank you for sharing this recipe. Stir in oil and food coloring keeping face away from mixture as the scent of the oil is very strong. Immediately pour onto an oiled baking sheet.

Nina lewis post author. When i was a kid every year my mom would make hard tack candy. This cooking task is not recommend for small children.

Looking forward to making it. Cook on medium high heat until candy thermometer reads 300 hard crack stage stirring occasionally. October 15 2019 9 29 am.

I looked up recipes but every time i googled hard tack all that came up was some sort of weird biscuits. Hard tack candy a christmas tradition last year for the first time in nearly 20 years i remembered this awesome treat and decided to make some of my own. In a sturdy deep non reactive pot on medium heat add sugar water and corn syrup.

In a large heavy saucepan combine sugar corn syrup and water. Stir mixture with a wooden spoon or silicone spatula until sugar melts and becomes smooth. Heat over medium and stir until the sugar is dissolved.