Candy making humidity....?

Dec 13, 2007 by cleopatra | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

Question: What should the humidity be when making candy?? What should the temperature be also? Mostly this is pertaining to making peanut brittle.

Answer: The humidity should be low, the temp outside? I don't think matters, peanut brittle is pretty fool proof, here's a site I found helpful....

http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Candy-Making -Tips/Detail.aspx

I'm making toffee today....so good luck to both

Excellante | Dec 13, 2007

(till its molten but not burnt)140 i think or less beacuse it goes on a cooling table, hardens, then cracks.

hardcorebutters | Dec 13, 2007

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