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  1. Sugar Maple – Official State Flavor of Vermont
  2. Recipe for Maple Sugar Candy
  3. Ingredients for Maple Sugar Candy:
  4. Utensils:
  5. Directions for Maple Sugar Candy:
  6. Delectable Maple Sugar Treats for You

Sugar Maple – Official State Flavor of Vermont

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), became the official tree of both Wisconsin and Vermont in 1949. New York followed suit and adopted it as the official state tree in 1956. Vermonters enjoy the sugar maple so much that as of April 26, 1994, the sugar maple went into effect as their Official State Flavor.

One of the benefits of having the Sugar Maple as the state tree is being able to enjoy its delectable sugar maple candies in the fall

Each year, usually in March, Indians would go to collect sap from maple trees and make sugar and maple syrup. Native American’s discovered long ago that maple trees have a sweet sap that can be drained from the tree and boiled to make syrup and sugar. They used an adze (like an ax) to make a cut in the maple tree’s bark. A short stick was pushed into the opening and the sap ran down the stick and into a bucket (usually a bark pan or wooden bowl) below.

Mothers would make candy for their children by folding little cones of thin birch bark and filling them with sugar. They also made molded candies. First they would carve the shapes of animals, moons, and stars into wooden molds. Then they pressed soft sugar into the molds. When the sugar hardened, they wrapped it in thin pieces of birch bark.

Source: Nez Perce National Historic Trail, USDA Forest Service



Recipe for Maple Sugar Candy

You can make an easy maple candy. This recipe makes about 30 candies.



Ingredients for Maple Sugar Candy:

  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup (or maple-flavored pancake syrup)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound powdered sugar

    • Utensils:

    • Large mixing bowl
    • Large wooden spoon
    • Cookie sheet (covered with aluminum foil or parchment or wax paper)
    • Plastic candy molds, if you have some

    Directions for Maple Sugar Candy:

    1. Wash your hands well and get all your ingredients and utensils together.
    2. Put the first three ingredients in the bowl and mix with the spoon.
    3. Mix in the sugar. When it gets difficult to stir, use your hands to mix it until it is smooth.
    4. Add more sugar if the dough sticks to your hands.
    5. Roll 1-inch balls and set them out on the cookie sheet till they get firm.
    6. If you want to make molded candies, press the mixture into the plastic candy molds. If you don’t have candy molds you could try using small lids or bottle tops; butter them first so the candy won’t stick.
    7. When the candy firms up, pop it out of the forms and let the candy harden on a cookie sheet. These are a fondant-type candy, which means that they won’t get really hard.

    Note: You can dip the balls in melted chocolate if you want, or roll them in coconut, chopped nuts, or dry cereal.

    Source: US Forest Service


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    1. Ingredients for Baked Apples
    2. Directions for making Baked Apples:
    3. Tasty New York Apple Treats for You
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    According to the New York State Library:

    The apple was adopted as the State fruit in 1976. Apples are sweet and crisp, and many varieties are grown in New York.

    Apples were introduced in the 1600s by European settlers who brought seeds to New York. Dried apples were a staple for colonists and hard apple cider was a popular drink.

    In addition to New York, the following states have also designated the apple, or a specific apple variety as their state fruit: Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia.

    Ingredients for Baked Apples


    • 4 medium apples
    • raisins
    • 1 cup water
    • 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

    Directions for making Baked Apples:

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
    2. Remove the core from the apples, leaving 1⁄2 inch of the core at the bottom of the apple. Peel top 1/3 of apple.
    3. Arrange apples in baking pan. Then fill the core of the apple with raisins, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
    4. Pour water into pan.
    5. Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until tender. Spoon liquid from pan over apples one or two times during baking.

    Nutrition info for 1 serving:
    Calories: 110 • Total Fat: 0 g • Saturated Fat: 0 g • Cholesterol: 0 mg
    Carbohydrates: 27 g • Protein: 1 g • Sodium: 5 mg

    provided by University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension


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