Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the famous recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 cup granulated sugar1/4 cup brown sugar1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 Tablespoon black food coloring
1/4 Teaspoon anise extract or pulverized anise seeds
Put the sugars, water and corn syrup into a pot, set the pot over mediumheat and stir. When the batch has boiled for the first time, wash the sugarcrystals down from the sides of the pot. Put the thermometer in the pot andcook without stirring to 290F [soft crack stage]. Take the pot from the heatand add the food coloring and the anise flavoring and stir them in gently.
With a teaspoon, drop round patties about the size of quarters onto agreased baking sheet. If the candy in the pot gets too firm for spooning,reheat it gently until it softens.
Cool the drops completely but not in the refrigerator or the pieces willstick. Wrap the drops individually in wax paper.
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