Candied blossoms

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       Title: CANDIED BLOSSOMS
  Categories: British, Candies
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       1 c  Sugar
     3/4 c  Water
            Confectioners' sugar
            Rose or violet petals
  
   Recipe by: "Aine.McManus" , Select choice
   blossoms and petals;  wash gently,  then spread on flat plates to dry.
   Combine sugar and water; boil until spins a thread when dropped into ice
   water (230 to 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Pour syrup into a bowl
   and place bowl on  a bed  of cracked ice. When syrup begins to crystallize,
   hold blossoms with tweezers and dip one at a time into syrup. Place petals
   on  waxed paper to dry. As they harden, dust with confectioners' sugar.
  
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