Today it is snowing. Started sometime last night and still has not let up. So what do you do on a day with freshly fallen snow? You make molasses-on-snow-candy. This is our current favorite recipe from the Little House Cookbook. It is a variation of the maple-sugar-on-snow candy that was typically made to celebrate maple sugaring time.
From your kitchen you need brown sugar and dark molasses. 1/2 cup of brown sugar and 3/4 cup of molasses. This will make about 3/4 lb of candy so we doubled the recipe.
Bring it to a boil and cook until the syrup reaches the hard ball stage, at least 5 minutes.
From outside, you need enough snow to fill a few pans. I shouldn't have to say this but just in case, please be sure you use clean snow. This is why I like to make the candy on days when it is actually snowing. Don't fetch snow from places where the creatures may roam.
Simply pour the hot syrup over the cold snow. I really should have made sure we had 3 pans of snow so we could have made designs or something. Some of our candy stuck hard to the bottom of the pans since it melted all the snow so make sure you have tons of room.
Once the candy has hardened, take it out and break into manageable pieces.
Let the hungry kids have at it.
Obviously, they all approved.
From your kitchen you need brown sugar and dark molasses. 1/2 cup of brown sugar and 3/4 cup of molasses. This will make about 3/4 lb of candy so we doubled the recipe.
Bring it to a boil and cook until the syrup reaches the hard ball stage, at least 5 minutes.
From outside, you need enough snow to fill a few pans. I shouldn't have to say this but just in case, please be sure you use clean snow. This is why I like to make the candy on days when it is actually snowing. Don't fetch snow from places where the creatures may roam.
Simply pour the hot syrup over the cold snow. I really should have made sure we had 3 pans of snow so we could have made designs or something. Some of our candy stuck hard to the bottom of the pans since it melted all the snow so make sure you have tons of room.
Once the candy has hardened, take it out and break into manageable pieces.
Let the hungry kids have at it.
Obviously, they all approved.
1 comment:
I've got real maple syrup with the intent to try this out. Got it when we had a good 6 inches of snow. Haven't seen that type of snow since we left CO. I hope it snows a good one before the winter is over. Looks good!!!!
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