Name: Candied Violets
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 cup syrup
Ingredients: 1/2 cup water; 1 cup sugar; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract; violets

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Candied Violets created by carolinajewel

A lovely and tasty garnish for baked goods.

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ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup water
1 cup sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon almond extract
violets

directions

Make a syrup by stirring water into sugar in small saucepan.
Boil till slightly thickened; stir in almond extract.
Let syrup cool a little.
Place the violets, a few at a time into syrup. Make sure that they are completely covered.
Remove from syrup and place on wax paper to dry.
Note: Do NOT use African violets!

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review by sandsted

3/23/2012

Unfortunately this did not work for me at all. The violet petals repel liquids so the sugar syrup just sat in large droplets on the petals, rather than coating them. (I noticed this also when rinsing them with water). After several days of drying, parts of the flowers still had globs of syrup and parts were dry. Maybe there is a trick or a technique that I should have known?

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photo by carolinajewel

5/5/2008

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5/5/2008

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review by carolinajewel

5/5/2008

Great method for candying violets. The only change I made was to dip the still wet violets (johnny jump ups in my picture) in edible glitter. Thanks!

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creation by Alia55

8/6/2007

A lovely and tasty garnish for baked goods.