The Z
Head Chef
No... not a 'drug' question
I'm having some trouble boiling a sugar/corn syrup blend to hard crack (300F) without burning it... I know my rangetop pretty well and, according to the recipe, I don't think I'm overheating it... but by the time the candy thermometer crosses the 275F mark (after about 20 minutes of heating), there starts to be kind of a burned smell.
Thoughts?
Will the mixture EVENTUALLY get to hard crack without burning if I turn my burner down? (my fear is that it won't)
I'm having some trouble boiling a sugar/corn syrup blend to hard crack (300F) without burning it... I know my rangetop pretty well and, according to the recipe, I don't think I'm overheating it... but by the time the candy thermometer crosses the 275F mark (after about 20 minutes of heating), there starts to be kind of a burned smell.
Thoughts?
Will the mixture EVENTUALLY get to hard crack without burning if I turn my burner down? (my fear is that it won't)