native american pumpkin candy
(2 ratings)
This was in my great grandmother's recipe box. It was getting hard to read the recipe as the pencil was fading. She had the tribal name on the card, but I couldn't read it. I haven't made this yet... but plan to. The photo is of a couple of our Halloween pumpkins, my daughter is very good at pumpkin carving.
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(2 ratings)
yield
serving(s)
prep time
13 Hr
cook time
1 Hr 30 Min
Ingredients For native american pumpkin candy
- SOAK PUMPKIN
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1(5 pound) pumkin (peeled and seeded)
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water to cover cut up pumpkin
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2 Tbspbaking soda
- COOK PUMPKIN
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water
- SWEETEN PUMPKIN
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5 1/2 csugar
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1 cwater
How To Make native american pumpkin candy
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1Prepare pumpkin by cutting in half, removing seeds and fibers, cut pumpkin into smaller more manageable pieces, peel. Cut pumkin into strips about 2-inches by 4-inches.
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2Put pumpkin strips into large pot, cover with water. Stir in baking soda. Let stand overnight (12 hours).
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3Drain into colander. Rinse well with running water. Rinse pot well. Add pumkin to pot and cover with fresh water.
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4Put pot on stove and cook until pumpkin is tender (BUT NOT SOFT!). Drain, rinse in cold water and add ice to pot to cool pumpkin and crisp it. Return to colander to drain it well.
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5In the large pot, put 1 cup of water and the 5-1/2 cups of sugar. Bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Add the pumpkin, simmer in the pot covered with lid until the syrup is thick and the strips are brittle. Spread the strips onto a few baking sheets to dry. This can be stored when cold.
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6*** I haven't made this yet. I think it will be good, and I may do it in two batches and add pumpkin pie spices to half.
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