Sugar Artistry

    Working with sugar can be dangerous and complicated but so far it has been one of my favorite classes. One of the very first things we learned how to do was pulled sugar. To do this you cook sugar, water, glucose, an acid together until it reached between 305-320 degrees. When it gets up to that temperature, you pour it on to a silicon mat and you can add color. Now you can start bringing in the edges and eventually folding and pulling the sugar. Be careful because it is hot!! Once the color is incorporated you can now start pulling and making different shapes. The first thing we made was candy canes. To do this you just take a rope of red and a rope of white and twist them together, then shape into a cane shape. We also added mint extract to the sugar while it was cooking to give it flavor. These came out really cool!