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It should keep in the refrigerator for up to days. To reheat: place in the microwave until heated through, or on the lowest setting on your oven. I like to say the recipes on here are recipes for the busy cook you know who you are. You can still get a good meal on the table, with a few shortcuts to help you along the way.

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Facebook Instagram Pinterest YouTube. Search my recipes Course: Appetizer. Cuisine: American. Prep Time: 15 minutes. Cook Time: 28 minutes. Total Time: 43 minutes. Servings: The Exploratorium is temporarily closed. Explore our online resources for learning at home. As a sugar syrup is cooked, water boils away, the sugar concentration increases, and the temperature rises. The highest temperature that the sugar syrup reaches tells you what the syrup will be like when it cools.

That means that when you drop a bit of it into cold water to cool it down, it will form a soft ball. Most candy recipes will tell you to boil your sugar mixture until it reaches one of the stages below. For the best results and most accuracy, we recommend that you use both a candy thermometer and the cold water test. It's also a good idea to test your thermometer's accuracy by placing it in plain boiling water.

If it reads above or below this number, make the necessary adjustments when cooking your candy syrup. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products.

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