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      Title: Rock Candy Anyone?
 Categories: Candies
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 c  Water
 
  Heat sugar and water in a saucepan over low heat until sugar is
  dissolved. Don't stir. Let it boil 1 minute. Let it cool
  15 minutes. Pour into a glass jar with a wide mouth. Put a weight
  (paper clip or bead) on one end of a string. Tie the other end to
  the middle of a pencil so that the string is straight when dropped
  into the jar with a pencil across the top. Let it sit for a week or
  more.

  After a few days crystals will form on the string. You may need to
  break the crust on top of the water to help it evaporate Some
  crystal growers tap the glass occasionally to keep things growing.
  I think you can grow them on a stick too. Good luck!
  
  I hope that you have as much fun watching your children, as I did
  with my Grandchildern and Great Grandchildern, as the crystals
  formed on the strings. Be ready for the how dose it work questions.
  I did cover the jar top with a layer of cheese cloth to keep out
  unwanted stuff in the jar.

  Recipe FROM: The Denver Post

  Posted by: Judy Penny
 
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