quaker puffed rice balls
Quaker Puffed Rice Balls 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup molasses 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 tablespoons butter About 6 cups puffed rice cereal Boil syrup, molasses,...
Ingredients
- 1/2cupcorn syrup
- 1/2cupmolasses
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- 2tablespoonvinegar
- 2tablespoonbutter
Directions
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Quaker Puffed Rice Balls 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup molasses 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 tablespoons butter About 6 cups
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Remove from heat, add butter, allow bubbling to die down, then pour over puffed rice
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Mix well with a spoon and, when slightly cool, form into balls
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NOTE: This recipe refers to the "hard crack" stage in candy making
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Cook the syrup to 300-310 degrees F (using a candy-making thermometer)
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To test, drop a small amount of syrup into very cold water
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If the syrup separates into hard, brittle threads, it's ready to be removed from the heat
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Makes about 10 baseball-size balls.