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Old-Time Penny Candy Buttons

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Recipe Summary Old-Time Penny Candy Buttons

While using royal icing, I saw how it peeled off parchment paper just like the candy buttons from the 1950's. This inspired me to give candy buttons a try. As a child it was a good buy for a penny, and quantity was important.

Ingredients | Penny Salad Recipe

2 12x16 pieces of parchment paper

2 cups confectioners' sugar

4 ½ teaspoons meringue powder

¼ cup water

¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 drop pink, yellow, and blue food coloring paste, or as needed

Directions

Cut 10 strips of parchment paper, 2-inches wide by 16-inches long.

Sift confectioner's sugar and meringue powder together in a bowl; beat in water and vanilla extract until smooth.

Divide sugar mixture evenly into three bowls; beat in small amounts of different food coloring paste into each bowl until desired color has been achieved.

Place a #3 pastry tip into end of pastry bag; fill with one of the tinted sugar mixtures. Pipe buttons about the size of a penny onto parchment strips, 3 rows across. Repeat with remaining tinted sugar mixtures. Dry until buttons are hard, about 8 hours.

A resealable bag with the tip cut can be used in place of a parchment bags.

Keep exposed pastry tips covered with a damp cloth to avoid drying out.

Info | Penny Salad Recipe

prep: 30 mins additional: 8 hrs total: 8 hrs 30 mins Servings: 10 Yield: 10 servings

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