Candy-Making at Home

Making real candy in a home kitchen, 1915 — fondants, caramels and taffies from Mary M. Wright's classic.

Fruit Candies

6 pages in this part of Candy-Making at Home.

Fruit Candies

SOME of the most delicious home-made candies are made with the addition of fruits to the other ingredients. All kinds of candied fruits…

Fruit Candies: Place

QUINCE CONFECTIONS Melt some fondant in a bowl, flavor with orange or lemon. Put some preserved quinces into the oven until dry. Dip each…

Fruit Candies: Fill

SURPRISE DATES Select some nice large dates and remove the stones. Fill some of the cavities with chopped raisins, figs, nuts and so forth…

Fruit Candies: Boil

CHERRY FOAM Place in a saucepan two cupfuls of granulated sugar, half a cupful of water and a fourth teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Boil…

Fruit Candies: Pour

WATERMELON DAINTY Take two cupfuls of sugar, one-fourth cupful of water, one tablespoonful of white corn syrup, and a pinch of cream of…

Fruit Candies: Remove

DATE DELIGHT Take two cupfuls of light brown sugar, one cupful of milk, and one tablespoonful of butter. Boil to the soft ball stage. Add a…

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