Candy Making Terms

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Unsalted Butter - Butter which contains no salt. Unsalted butter is more perishable than butter with salt.

Unsweetened chocolate - chocolate liquor or mass, without added sugar or flavorings; used in baking.

Vanilla - An aromatic spice with a warm flavor, vanilla is the seed pod of an orchid. It's available dried or as an extract.

Vanilla Extract - a vanilla-flavored product made by macerating chopped vanilla beans in a water-alcohol solution to extract the flavor; its strength is measured in folds.

Vanilla Sugar - sugar flavored by vanilla beans. To make vanilla sugar, fill a large jar with sugar, break a vanilla bean in three pieces, press it into the sugar and leave for several weeks.

Wax Paper or Waxed Paper - A paper with a thin coating of wax on both sides. Wax paper is moistureproof and almost transparent, often used to cover foods and line baking pans.

White Chocolate - a candy made from cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids and flavoring; because it contains no chocolate liquor it is usually labeled white confectionary bar or coating; it can be eaten as a candy or used in confections and pastries.

XXX, XXXX, 10X - An indicator on a box of confectioners sugar of how many times it has been ground. The higher the number of X's the finer the grind.

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