Best Sour Cream Candy Recipes

SOUR CREAM CANDY

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Make and share this Sour Cream Candy recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ArtWork

Categories Candy

Time 30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar, well packed
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

mix sugar,sour cream and cream of tartar in saucepan Cook over medium heat, stirring to prevent burning.
Cook until soft ball forms when a little is dropped into a cup of cold water.
Remove from heat, add vanilla and let cool in cooking pan.
When cool, beat until creamy and pour onto a buttered plate.
Let cool and cut into 1 inch squares.

SOUR CREAM CANDY

Sour Cream Candy image

This candy is a lesson in learning what the soft ball stage is! If cooked past the soft ball stage (236 degrees) it will become hard and crumbly. But get it just right, and WOW, a tangy taste on fudge. The soft ball stage means, that when you drop a bit of the syrup into a cup of cold water, it tends to hold its shape (does...

Provided by Susan Feliciano

Categories Candies

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 c sour cream (do not use light or fat free)
2 c sugar
2 Tbsp butter, cut in chunks
1/2 c walnuts, chopped

Steps:

1. Butter a loaf pan and set aside. In a heavy-bottomed 2-quart saucepan, combine sour cream and sugar over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and cook to the soft ball stage (236 degrees, see note). Stir with wood or bamboo spoon, making sure it does not stick or burn. Do not cook past the soft ball stage.
2. Let sit in a pan of cold water for about 5 minutes to cool slightly, then add butter and beat until it loses its gloss. Stir in walnuts.
3. Spread and press the candy into the greased loaf pan, let cool, and cut into squares.

SOUR CREAM CANDY

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Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

3 cups brown sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 stick butter (no substitutes)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

Butter a 9x13-inch glass dish. Cook sugar and sour cream in medium saucepan over medium-high heat to soft-ball stage (240° on candy thermometer). Remove from heat, and add butter. Beat until mixture gets grainy looking. Stir in vanilla and nuts; pour into prepared dish. Allow to set, then cut into squares.

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