All children love sweets. It is no secret that commercial sweets are not entirely safe for health. To feed your kids some really safe and delicious treats, make homemade sugar candies. Moreover, they are prepared very simply.
It is necessary
- - 400 g sugar
- - 65 ml of agave syrup or nectar,
- - 50 ml of water,
- - 2.5 ml vanilla extract
- - a little lavender (optional).
Instructions
Step 1
Pour 50 ml of water and 65 ml of agave syrup into a heavy-bottomed saucepan. If you don't have agave syrup on hand, use glucose syrup. Add 400 grams of sugar (2 x 200 ml cups) and stir.
Step 2
Place a saucepan with syrup and sugar over low heat.
Step 3
After the sugar has melted, add any food flavoring to the saucepan. In this recipe, it is vanilla extract.
Step 4
Grind the lavender blossom and add it to the boiling sugar mass.
Step 5
From the moment it boils, cook the sugar mass for about 7 minutes. Do not stir during cooking. Place a silicone mat on the table. Spread the sugar mass over the rug in the form of circles, five centimeters in diameter, a little less or more, to taste. You can replace the silicone mat with a baking sheet of lined parchment.
Step 6
Put a skewer in sugar circles. Leave the lozenges to cool at room temperature for half an hour.
Step 7
After half an hour, carefully remove the lollipops from the rug. Wrap each lollipop in plastic wrap, after which you can distribute to children.
