My daughter is just six years old, but she’s already got eye-rolling down to a science. I know this because I am typically the one she practices on. Only in her mind she’s not practicing, she’s dying–a little bit inside–each time I embarrass her by, well, being her mom.
I do things like remind her to put on her hat when I drop her off at school in the dead of winter (eye roll), tell her that she is not allowed to play unless she cleans up her room (double eye roll), and sing songs from the radio during carpool (quadruple eye roll with a high-pitched scream on top).
Fortunately, there are also many times when I am her favorite person in the “whole, wide, humongous, kamongous, world.” Typically those times include two things: crafts and food.
My little Martha Stewart wannabe completely readjusts her attitude when she is focusing on an art project. A sense of calm overtakes her body and she is a pleasure to be around. It’s the same way with food, which is why I love the holiday craft that I’m about to share with you.
If you are looking for a way to erase the mother-daughter tension that has built-up in the chaotic days leading up to Christmas, then schedule time to bond over these simple candy ornaments.
CANDY ORNAMENTS
Ingredients:
2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon flavoring oil
Gel food coloring
Powdered sugar
Cooking spray
Directions:
Lightly spray cookie pan or the cavities of clean, dry candy or cookie molds with cooking spray.
In a 2-quart saucepan, mix together sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
Bring mixture to a boil, without stirring.
Continue to cook the syrup until the temperature reaches 260 degrees on your candy thermometer.
Add food coloring, but do not stir. The boiling will incorporate the color into syrup.
When temperature of the mixture reaches 300 degrees, remove from heat.
After boiling action has ceased, add flavor oil and stir.
Pour mixture into lightly greased cookie pan. Allow to cool, but do not refrigerate.
When the mixture is partially cooled poke a hole in the ornament with toothpick or wooden skewer.
Continue to cool.
Decorate with icing or leave as is and hang on tree with ribbon.
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