HELP! My homemade candied cherries are like glass! Can I soften by re-simmering in sugar water?

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They are already oven-dried and sugared.  Are these a complete loss?  They are ROCK HARD!  What went wrong?  (Also, I just tried pineapple tidbits, &amp;amp; they're correctly chewy, but BROWN!  Suggestions very welcome!

arcane54 · Answer

I'm not an expert on candy making but I do have a McIver approach to cooking -- anything's worth a try to rescue our hard work! Use a few of the cherries for your experiment and consider trying with just water first, simmering them until they're soft and then re-sugaring. I think what you want to do is dissolve the candy you've created and more sugar water might just re-glaze the glass you already have. As for your pineapple question, I don't have an answer -- but others might. I wonder if the addition of citric acid would prevent browning of pineapple? Best of luck!

HELP! My homemade candied cherries are like glass! Can I soften by re-simmering in sugar water?

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