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| Lolly pops |
Serves: 16
- 60g icing sugar for dusting
- 400g caster sugar
- 250ml water
- 160ml golden syrup
- 1 teaspoon peppermint oil, or other flavoured oil
- 1 teaspoon any colour food colouring
Preparation method:
Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 40 mins1.Generously coat a baking tray with icing sugar, and set aside. To make lollies, grease the lolly moulds and then dust with icing sugar.
2.In a heavy bottomed saucepan, stir together the caster sugar, water and golden syrup until sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil over medium-high and cook to a temperature of 149 to 154 degrees C, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat, and stir in the flavoured oil and food colouring.
3.Immediately pour the sugar mixture onto the prepared baking tray or lolly moulds in a thin stream (this helps it cool).
4.If making lollies, press a stick into each of the moulds and let cool thoroughly before removing. If making sweets, when the mixture is cool enough for the outer edge to hold its shape, cut into bite size pieces with scissors. Let cool completely, then store in an airtight container
No moulds?
If you don't have lollipop moulds but still want to make fun shapes, simple grease and dust biscuit cutters set atop of a baking tray lined with parchment. Carefully pour the mixture into the cutters, and remove when just about cool.