A question about a recipe: Wicked Brittle

nzle added over 1 year ago

Before candy thermometers were widely available, our mothers and grandmothers used a different system to measure temperature -- and it still works! :)

The idea is that you drop a small amount of the boiling candy into a glass of cold water and gauge how it reacts. Here's a guide:

http://offthemeathook.com...

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