Instructions for Making Flowers in Caramel Sugar

Ingredients

• Sugar
• Food coloring (for desired flower shade)
• Oil (for greasing models)

Directions

1. Prepare dip-models made of lead, attached to a wire hook.

2. Drive two iron rods into a board, three feet apart, and stretch a wire between them.

3. Oil the lead models and place them on a clean dish.

4. Boil sugar until it reaches the crack stage, then add food coloring.

5. Dip each model in the sugar up to the edge, avoiding overflow.

6. Hang each dipped model on the wire to cool and stiffen.

7. Pinch off a small knot of sugar at the pointed end to form the stalk.