Homemade Candy. (Farm Journal)

Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 224 pages. Index. Illustrated with 4 full page color photographs. Beginning to break about midway in the text block, the dust jacket is edge worn but not price clipped. Overall, a very good copy. "In this book, the Food Editors of Farm Journal have gathered more than 250 tested recipes, including 50 for fudge alone, such delightful variants from classic creamy Chocolate Fudge Velvet as Maple Sugar Fudge and Mexican Orange Candy. Plus modern, never-fail recipes which even beginners can make with success. Batches from one to five pounds!" Browsing through this collection you will find bits of history as well. Lovely examples of this is Serviceman's Special Fudge, a unique recipe and method of shipping a mother created to send to her son, (page 39-40) Sauerkraut Candy is another, a type of penuche fudge that was popular in the Midwest from the late 1800's through WWI (page 58). There are many such anecdotes throughout the book making it a great read as well as a source for broad range of candies, including many heirloom recipes. Table of Contents: How to make perfect candy; Major ingredients in Candy making; equipment for candy making; Memorable traditional fudge; Newer fudge varieties; Country kitchen cream candies; old-Fashioned Penuche; Devinity and nougat; Dipping Chocolates for Christmas; Centers for Dipped Chocolates; Fondant Delicacies; Homemade Candy Bars; Crisp nut brittles; Butterscotch and toffee; Tempting bark candy; Pralines; Jellied candies; Perfect caramels; Try a Taffy Pull; Hard candies; No-cook candies; Confections, First cousins of Candy; Sugared and spiced nuts; Fruit Confections; Popcorn Confections; Cereal Confections; Bread, Cracker and Cookie; Index. ; 8vo .