Or simply dribble the candy out on parchment paper to cool. Step 5: Pour the candy into silicone candy molds like these: SIlicone candy molds Step 4: Stir Stir the glossy liquid until it’s no longer glossy and your shoulder hurtsĪfter cooling for 8-11 minutes, you want to stir the sticky substance rapidly, heavily, using a heavy-duty spoon or ladle for about 4-5 minutes, until the glossy liquid transforms into a duller-colored, creamy and thick candy. Set the homemade maple sap that you had boiled to 235F aside to cool for about 8-11 minutes. Once you hit 235F and keep things from boiling over, you are ready for the next step. Be ready to take the pot off the heat to avoid boiling over As the syrup gets this hot, there’s something amazing that happens where it forms some crazy foamy bubbles, like this: Things can get a bit messy and out of control as you get into and past the syrup stage.
You will also want to watch the pot very closely because the syrup is very likely to boil over. To make maple candy from this maple sap (now turned into syrup) you continue to boil until the temperature reaches 235F.Ī couple of warnings for you here: watch out, the sticky syrup will “pop” while bubbling and may scald your hands, arms and make a mess of the stove. Since you have to turn the maple sap into maple syrup first before you can make candy, why not set aside a little for breakfast. If you want to set some syrup aside for later, you can pour some off now and save it in a mason jar. You can continue to cook it a few more degrees if you prefer, although you increase the risk that the sugars in your syrup may crystallize in the container before you finish it, I find it’s worth the risk to get a more viscous syrup. The sap transforms into syrup right around the stage where nearly all the water has evaporated and the temperature of liquor is about 219F-220F, although I find that it’s still a bit runny for my liking at this stage. Things get a little more complicated as the liquid concentrates, so once you have the liquid level low enough to fit into a smaller pot, you should transfer to that smaller pot so you can manage better control.įor example, when I start boiling gallons of sap, I start with this stainless steel stockpot.īut then I finish things up in this smaller pot. You actually need to boil off about 39/40ths of the water to make maple syrup. It is easier to control things if you switch to a smaller finishing pot like this As the sap boils, water, in the form of steam, evaporates and leaves the remaining boiling liquid sweeter during the process. You can turn that sap into delicious maple candy by concentrating the sap by boiling it down. The maple tree sap naturally has a small amount of sugar in it. Learn more about Maple syrup harvesting season here Step 2: Boil your sap to concentrate the sugars
Maple sap runs from the roots up through the trunk to the branches in late Winter or early Spring days when the temperature drops several degrees below freezing at night and rises several degrees above freezing during the day. To make a small batch of maple candy, you’re going to want 1-2 gallons of maple sap.
Leaf-shaped candy molds Step 1: Collect maple sap from your trees in late winter.1-2 gallons of maple sap or as much maple syrup as you plan to convert.
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Here is how to make maple candy from maple sap or maple syrup. There is only one thing in this world that tastes better than homemade maple syrup–and that is homemade maple candy. When the sap runs up the maple tree, it wakes the buds up out of the winter doldrums and it can wake you up as well.
Collecting sap from the maple trees in my yard is one of my favorite things to do–it gives me something to look forward to and occupy my time during those last weeks of winter.
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