How to Make Candied Edible Flowers

Here's a list of things you need to make these beautiful Sugared Edible Flowers. However, don't worry if you don't have everything; you can use what you find around your home. This is a great project to involve your kids too! A nice way to inform them about flowers and their edible varieties.

Tools & Materials

-Edible flowers (washed & free of pesticides)
-Scissors
-Pasteurized liquid egg whites
-Tweezers
-Small paintbrush
-Superfine sugar
-Baking tray
-Waxed Paper

Directions

1. Cut the stem of the flower.
2. Dilute the pasteurized liquid egg whites with some water(about 1-2 tbsp). Holding a flower with tweezers, brush the egg-white mixture on all surfaces with a small paintbrush.
3. Sprinkle the superfine sugar over entire flower. Place on a tray covered with waxed paper, and allow to dry. Repeat for all flowers.
4. Allow the flowers to stand in a warm, dry place until crisp, about 2 to 4 days, turning them around (especially the larger flowers) regularly so that moisture does not collect beneath them.
5. Once dry, store them in an air-tight glass jar. These Candied Flowers will keep for at least 1 month in a dry place.

Here is a list of Edible Flowers to get you going. Take it up as a weekend project and you'll be surprised how easy yet fulfilling this is. It's a great project to do with kids too!

You can use these beautiful and sweet candied flowers to garnish your food, or even add them as a topping to your desserts or fruit punches. The best use is to decorate cakes. Just add these flowers after the cake has been frosted, sticking them onto the cake with some sugar syrup so that they stay in place!