Besides the above mentioned methods of cooking candy, is there an approximate time to boil the candy? for instance "boil 20 minutes" I don't have a candy thermometer and I really don't understand softball stage. I've tried the softball stage, but it just does not click with me.
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I do not have a candy thermometer and have attempted to make vanilla fudge several times (going by dropping a dab of the mixture into cold water to see if it is at soft ball stage) but it never seems to come out quite right. I have a regular cooking thermometer, is there a way [...]
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I'm going to be making a lemon meringue pie and have to boil sugar for the Italian meringue. I've never boiled sugar before and am a little nervous about it. I know that I need to have a candy thermometer but do I need a special saucepan? Right now I just have a cheapy nonstick [...]
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I’d like to have one thermometer for everything rather than two different thermometers.
I wondered if one of the oven thermometers (particularly one that has a pan clip) with a probe could be attached to the pan and dipped into the candy to determine the stage. I have a meat thermometer, a candy thermometer, and [...]
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I want to make fondant for wedding cake coating & I don't have candy thermometer to know if the fondant reached the correct degree so I need time interval from someone who already tried this before to tell me how long I should leave it on the stove. I also don't have cream of tartar [...]
Tags: candy thermometer, correct degree, fondant recipe, time interval, vinegar, wedding cake
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I attempted fudge last night, and used a candy thermometer. I used the old fashioned recipe that is on the back of the Hershey's coacoa can (you can get it off of their website). I like the fudge that is rather hard on the outside but the inside melts in your mouth. [...]
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I tasted some really good melt in your mouth caramels. The gal gave me the recipe when I tried to make it, it didn’t turn out. My caramels stuck to my teeth and were kind of hard. My question is what did I do wrong? Did I let the caramel mixture [...]
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I’m making onion rings, but I don’t have a candy thermometer. At my grocery store, they all only go up to something like 250 degrees F (which is ridiculous because I need it to go up to 350). And the only one that goes higher is super expensive.
My meat thermometer goes past 350. Can I [...]
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I was looking at some cooking thermometer at target and I can’t find any candy thermometer. They only have the instant ones and a deep fry one. Does one really have to have a candy thermometer for candy making?
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So basically could I use a meat thermometer for making candies or measuring the temperature of water for yeast? I really don’t want to buy a candy thermometer if I can’t stick it in a piece of meat.
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