Recipe: Easy Microwave Hard Christmas Rock Candy Recipe  - Food.com
Description: This is a recipe I have perfected over the years...and it is so darn easy and fast compared to the old &quot;boil to hard ball stage recipes&quot;...I
Ingredients: [{"text": "2 cups sugar"}, {"text": "1 cup light corn syrup"}, {"text": "1 teaspoon lorann flavoring oil (1 dram)"}, {"text": "food coloring (optional)"}]
Instructions: Use a good heavy glass bowl such as a pyrex brand. Grease a 11 X 15 inch jelly roll pan. Mix sugar and corn syrup into microwave safe glass bowl.  Cover with plastic wrap such as Saran Wrap tightly.
Microwave on high for 3 minutes.  Take out carefully, remove plastic wrap and stir.  Put on a new piece of plastic wrap and microwave another 3 minutes.  Take out carefully and stir again.  Put on another new piece of plastic wrap and microwave another 3 minutes -- Take out again, remove plastic wrap, add oil carefully and food coloring if using and stir -- pour into your greased jelly roll pan and spread out onto sheet -- you can sprinkle powdered sugar over top if desired -- place in a cool place to harden -- after it hardens break up into pieces and store in airtight container -- Enjoy -- .
