Ok,you will need...sugar.And,some oil,but mostly sugar.White,granulated or if
you want stronger taste,then brown sugar.Yeah,I know,many people use water,but
for this recipe,you don't realy need it.If you want some diferent taste,you may
add some fine crushed wallnuts,hazlenuts,almonds,pistacios,peanuts,or some very
fine choped dried fruits,at your choice.Some people add leamon or orange
juice,and you can also add spices,if you like...really nice combination is
ginger and leamon,or you may add some cinnamon or clove or anis and even cocoa
(but becareful not to add too much,or lolipops will be too bitter or too thick)
or coconut flour.Run your imagination...
What you do need,is a good,deep pan,a good woden ladle (wich you will use a whole time),some nice,small, heatproof moalds,in shape you want your lolipops to be,some woden sticks and lot of attention and patience.And,be very,very careful...hot sugar can make some serius burns,so concentrate well and be careful at every stage of this work,especialy when pouring hot sugar in moulds.
Now,to begin.
First,grease your moalds with oil...that will prevent sugar to "glue" to moalds and become (very
hard to
remove from them.You may use water,but that metod is not always best (you really
got to be an expert to know how much of water) or you may use some butter,but
then grease it havy with it.
When you finish preparing moulds,run your sugar in pan,in thin strain,right in the midle,so you get a nice little "mountain".The crucial is not to let sugar get to sides of the pan,that can cause crystal forming.Now put the pan on fire and start slowely to mix."Mountain" will fall apart,but still be careful not to let sugar get to pan sides.After minute or two,on middle temperature,sugar will start melting.What is important is not to stop mixing at any moment,or you will get a big lump of caramel and not-yet-melted sugar.So mix,mix,mix...until all sugar is melted and become light golden brown,thick syrup.Now is your que:remove pan from fire and quickly,but carefuly,seep the syrup in moalds and put sticks in middle of it.Ta-dah!Your lolipops are made.Now you have to let them cool for few minutes and when they become thick,remove moalds and let cool completaly.Only thing that left is to start licking and enjoy.So...enjoy.
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What you do need,is a good,deep pan,a good woden ladle (wich you will use a whole time),some nice,small, heatproof moalds,in shape you want your lolipops to be,some woden sticks and lot of attention and patience.And,be very,very careful...hot sugar can make some serius burns,so concentrate well and be careful at every stage of this work,especialy when pouring hot sugar in moulds.
Now,to begin.
First,grease your moalds with oil...that will prevent sugar to "glue" to moalds and become (very
hard to
remove from them.You may use water,but that metod is not always best (you really
got to be an expert to know how much of water) or you may use some butter,but
then grease it havy with it.When you finish preparing moulds,run your sugar in pan,in thin strain,right in the midle,so you get a nice little "mountain".The crucial is not to let sugar get to sides of the pan,that can cause crystal forming.Now put the pan on fire and start slowely to mix."Mountain" will fall apart,but still be careful not to let sugar get to pan sides.After minute or two,on middle temperature,sugar will start melting.What is important is not to stop mixing at any moment,or you will get a big lump of caramel and not-yet-melted sugar.So mix,mix,mix...until all sugar is melted and become light golden brown,thick syrup.Now is your que:remove pan from fire and quickly,but carefuly,seep the syrup in moalds and put sticks in middle of it.Ta-dah!Your lolipops are made.Now you have to let them cool for few minutes and when they become thick,remove moalds and let cool completaly.Only thing that left is to start licking and enjoy.So...enjoy.