Hey there, 
bakebakebake!
For Valentine's Day I plan on making some heart-shaped stained glass cookies. And rather than crush up hard candies and put them in the over. I'm following a recipe where you bake the cookies and then pour homemade liquid candy and let it set. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup of corn syrup and 1/2 cup of sugar, and then some food coloring. But it doesn't mention flavor. So I'm not sure how much to add to the candy.
I was going to get an all natural like $7 extract of some kind from the local fresh/healthy shop. But I was at a cake supply shop and saw this for $1.50:
http://www.cakesupplies4u.com/Products/LorAnn-Strawberry-Flavoring-1-dram__0320-0112.aspx?gclid=CJeQq8fSmbUCFUxxQgodhnkAEQ
So I figured why not try it and see if it's good enough. Lol.
So how much would you all think would be enough to give the cookie's candy center a strawberry flavor w/o being like "ZOMG FAKE! D: "? And I'm going to make a vanilla buttercream to pipe around the cookies, would a drop of this be good? Or overwhelming and clash with the vanilla extract in the frosting?
Thanks in advance! :)
bakebakebake!For Valentine's Day I plan on making some heart-shaped stained glass cookies. And rather than crush up hard candies and put them in the over. I'm following a recipe where you bake the cookies and then pour homemade liquid candy and let it set. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup of corn syrup and 1/2 cup of sugar, and then some food coloring. But it doesn't mention flavor. So I'm not sure how much to add to the candy.
I was going to get an all natural like $7 extract of some kind from the local fresh/healthy shop. But I was at a cake supply shop and saw this for $1.50:
http://www.cakesupplies4u.com/Products/LorAnn-Strawberry-Flavoring-1-dram__0320-0112.aspx?gclid=CJeQq8fSmbUCFUxxQgodhnkAEQ
So I figured why not try it and see if it's good enough. Lol.
So how much would you all think would be enough to give the cookie's candy center a strawberry flavor w/o being like "ZOMG FAKE! D: "? And I'm going to make a vanilla buttercream to pipe around the cookies, would a drop of this be good? Or overwhelming and clash with the vanilla extract in the frosting?
Thanks in advance! :)
You mean like Royal Icing? Idk actually. Lol. They are Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies and we've made them every Christmas that I can remember. But I have no idea why we've always used fluffy creamy soft frosting rather than the kind that hardens. I'm just going to pipe like a pink ribbon boarder (if I can. Lol. Bought the tip, but never tried it before) around the edge, so I figured buttercream would be more delicious and do that job just fine.
Thanks! :)
MIND. BLOWN. O_O Lol. That is such a good idea! It'd be so creamy and amazing!
And exactly, Royal Icing (which idk if that's what you say in AUS, or if there are other hard icings besides royal lol) looks pretty and shiny but it's just. . . there. Lol. It doesn't add any deliciousness like frosting does.
For these, since the candy heart center will be the main attraction, I figured piping a little frosting border would be enough, and add that flavor element to the cookie.
http://artkouros.livejournal.com/1218447.html
Edited at 2013-02-05 12:31 pm (UTC)
But from the default pause screen it looks awesome. :)
As for how much to use specifically in this recipe, I'd look at a few other hard candy recipes to see what the proportions tend to be.
Sorry I don't have more specific advice. Good luck!
None of their recipes call for either extract or the concentrated stuff you're considering. Instead, they call for essential oils. My guess is that you'd need close to the same amount as the essential oils if you do go with the concentrated flavoring, maybe a little less.
I'll give you the sugar/corn syrup/flavoring ratios for a few.
Lollypops: 2 c sugar, 2/3 c light corn syrup, 1/8 tsp oil of peppermint.
Anise candy: 2 c sugar, 1 c light corn syrup, 1 tsp oil of anise.
Old-fashioned Hard Candy: 2 c sugar, 3/4 c light corn syrup, 1/2 tsp oil of cinnamon, clove, peppermint, wintergreen, or anise
Stained Glass Hard Candy: 2 c sugar, 1/3 c light corn syrup, few drops oil of peppermint.
I hope this helps!