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Orange Gumdrops (Candy for Christmas) from the Farmhouse Recipe

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Orange Gumdrops (Candy for Christmas) from the Farmhouse
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
404
Calories
Total time
130
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Line bottom and sides of 9x5 loaf pan with foil; grease the foil with butter; set aside.
  2. Grease bottom and sides of heavy saucepan with remaining butter; add sugar and corn syrup; cook & stir over medium heat until it comes to a boil-about 9 minutes. Tweak heat up to med-hi until candy thermometer reads 280* (soft-crack stage), stirring constantly.
  3. Meanwhile (this is getting exciting!), in another large saucepan, combine water, pectin and soda (slight foaming-see, I told you this was exciting); cook and stir over HIGH heat until boiling-about 2 minutes. REMOVE from heat; set aside.
  4. Back to the other pan: when 280*; remove from heat - return pectin pan to med-hi heat to a SIMMER; carefully and slowly (see this IS exciting!) ladle corn syrup mixture into a VERY THIN stream into the pectin mixture, stirring constantly (you may need another hand here in case you're not multi-ambidextrous!). Cook and stir one minute longer.
  5. Remove from heat, stir in Flavorful Deliciousness'es. Pour into prepped pan.
  6. Let the candy sit for TWO HOURS. (Clean up the mess over at the stove.)
  7. Cut into tiny squares (try to get six dozen, that's six by twelve or 72 pieces-yes, from that one loaf pan-but remember, dearie, this is CANDY!).
  8. Roll gumdrops in additional sugar if desired.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 404.4 Kcal (1693 kJ)
Calories from fat 34.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.83g 6%
Cholesterol 10.17mg 3%
Sodium 212.27mg 9%
Potassium 3.65mg 0%
Total Carbs 98.15g 33%
Sugars 97.42g 390%
Dietary Fiber 0.06g 0%
Protein 0.06g 0%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Calcium 17.8mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 231.84 Kcal (971 kJ)
Calories from fat 19.78 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.2g 6%
Cholesterol 5.83mg 3%
Sodium 121.69mg 9%
Potassium 2.09mg 0%
Total Carbs 56.27g 33%
Sugars 55.85g 390%
Dietary Fiber 0.03g 0%
Protein 0.03g 0%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Calcium 10.2mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.4
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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