Take about one pound of granulated sugar and one small tablespoonful
of glucose, pour over it just enough water to dissolve it well, stir
until it commences boiling, wash down sides, cover and steam, then
remove cover, and cook without the thermometer until it just starts to
turn straw color. Do not allow it to discolor any, but take it off the
fire just at the moment it commences turning color. If you wish, you
may use the thermometer in this and cook it to about 295, but you will
have no trouble in doing it without the thermometer. Have your double
boiler setting on the stove with boiling water underneath it, or else
have a small bowl in a pan of boiling water in order that either of
them will be very warm. Then stir a few drops of lemon extract into
your syrup which you have just cooked, but do it very gently, then pour
the syrup into the double boiler and set it on the table and commence
dipping. Have handy your nuts, dates with seeds removed, figs cut in
small pieces, any kind of candied fruit, especially candied cherries,
as they are very pretty prepared in this manner, and proceed to dip
them in this syrup in exactly the same manner that we directed you to
dip bon-bons, only in dipping these fruits and nuts in this syrup, you
must be very careful and not disturb the syrup more than is absolutely
necessary. Just drop your nut in, and quickly lift it out and lay
on a piece of tin if you have it, or the bottom of a tin pan will
do, as they do not stick a particle to tin and will harden in a very
few seconds. Malaga grapes are also very nice dipped in this manner.
Marshmallows cut in two and dipped are also very fine. Candied cherries
are really the prettiest fruit that you can dip in this manner, as
they show up very nicely in decorating a box. As soon as you see your
syrup commencing to get cloudy looking, you must stop dipping, and as
quickly as possible, scrape the remaining syrup out into a kettle, and
it may be used for making table syrup but must not be used for this
work again. It will be necessary for you to cook more sugar in the same
manner as you did before, if you are not through dipping.