Easy Homemade Lollipops Recipe
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Homemade Lollipops
Because of World War I, sugar prices had soared from 30 to 50% in less than ten years. Most women couldn't afford to spare sugar to make candy at home, so candy stores and candy counters were the most popular places in town.
The young ones would press their noses against the glass counter with a couple of pennies or a nickel to spend for peppermints, licorice, all day suckers, or chocolate candies or suger candy stick.
They bought ten cent boxes of Cracker Jacks with the surprise gift of a whistle or a tin frog inside, and candy kisses filled with peanut butter.(3 for 1¢) they ate by the ton. For Valentine's Day they bought the little heart shaped candies made by Necco.
How easy can it get making this traditional Holiday candy? It's real easy!
Homemade Lollipops
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup water
1/8 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
Any desired flavoring
Appropriate vegetable coloring
Combine sugar and Cream of Tartar with the 2/3 cup water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil until a temp of 290 F. is reached or until a drop of mixture will become hard when dropped into cold water. Remove from heat. Add flavoring and coloring. Pour into greased pans or molds. When partly cooled insert wooden sticks. Chill.
Lollipops (Amish Church Recipe)
3/4 c. cream
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white
sugar
Mix together and heat to boiling. Remove from heat and pour in 9 x 13 inch pan. Use your favorite bread dough and form as you would for hot rolls and put on top of sauce. Bake at 350 for approximately 1/2 hour.
My Note: This is not what we think of as a traditional lollipop.
Lollipops (Recipe circ.1919)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup corn
syrup
Flavor... any desired
Put sugar, water, and corn syrup in a saucepan and boil to the brittle stage. Flavor as desired and turn into buttered pans. Form into small balls as soon as the candy can be handle, and insert wooden sticks.
Flavor with a few drops of oil of cinnamon or wintergreen, or peppermint for a change.
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