How Do You Make Crystallized Sugar Coated Flowers?
Summer is the perfect time to pick edible fresh flowers, flower petals and leaves to make your crystallized candied flowers. Sugar coated flowers make beautiful decorations for cakes, pies, puddings or as a garnish on dessert plates. This is a great way to capture the beauty and flavors of summer. It is also a delicious way to preserve fresh flowers for use through the year. Choose edible fresh flowers, petals and leaves. You can safely eat violets, rose petals and mint leaves. Before using any flowers or leaves, check and double check to make sure they are edible. You can call your local poison control for verification. Pick your fresh flowers or leaves only when you are immediately ready to use them. Never use any flowers or leaves that have been sprayed with any pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers or any type of chemicals. Do not use flowers from a florist or grown anywhere that you are not sure of exactly what was used to grow them. Measure 1/4 of a cup of cold water, add 1/4 of
