If you want your house to smell like fall, start making a batch of these maple leaf candies. The ingredients are about as simple as it gets. Maple syrup. Vegetable oil. Butter. The tricky part is heating the maple syrup to just the right tem- perature, so it will harden into candy. Here’s how you do it. directions • Pour four cups maple syrup into a pot. Butter the inside rim of the pot to keep the syrup from boiling over. Add a few drops of vegetable oil to the syrup. Boil the syrup until it reaches 244 degrees F to 246 degrees F. (A candy thermometer is your friend for this step.) Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit for two to three minutes. • Then, stir the mixture with a wooden spoon continuously until it starts to thicken and lighten in color. (This will take about two minutes.) Immedi- ately pour the syrup into molds. Work quickly because the syrup will start to harden. Let the candy set for about 10 minutes before popping them out of the molds. • I used mini maple leaf molds for my candies. Because they’re basically pure maple syrup, these candies are super sugary. So, the tiny size is just the right amount of sweet. It’s almost like a maple sugar cube. (I might have even popped one into my morning coffee.) Be sure to show off your fancy maple leaf candies in a vintage candy dish! Kirsten, Red Leaf Style redleafstyle.com
43 vintagekc fall 2016
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