Candy-Making at Home

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

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General Directions for Candy-Making

1 page

The Making of Fondant

1 page

Hard Candied

4 pages

Fudges and Caramels

4 pages

Nut Candies

2 pages

Fruit Candies

6 pages

Sea Foam and Cream Candies

2 pages

Bonbons

8 pages

Pop-Corn Sweets

2 pages

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets

4 pages

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets

10 pages

Highlights

Pop-Corn Sweets

EXCELLENT, inexpensive and nourishing sweets may be made with popped pop-corn. For making these sweets the pop-corn kernels…

Bonbons

THE foundation for nearly all bonbons is fondant. Hundreds of varieties of bonbons can be made by using different flavorings and…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets

DELICIOUS bonbons may be made with cake and fondant, and then there are many little sweets that are so closely allied to candies…

Hard Candied

MANY persons prefer the hard candies to the soft varieties. Most of these hard candies are boiled to the crack stage or hard…

The Making of Fondant

THE foundation for innumerable cream candies and for nearly all bonbons is what the confectioners call "fondant." This is quite…

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…

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