For a frosty look, add confectioner’s sugar to this old-fashioned holiday candy!

Old-Fashioned Hard Candy

Ingredients

3-3/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
3 drops red food coloring (or color of your choice)
1/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

Directions

~Butter two 15x10x1-in. pans; set aside.

~In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water, and food coloring. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage).

~Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pans; cool.

~Dust with confectioners’ sugar; break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.