2 cups sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup water
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbsp flavoring (your choice of rose, mastic, strawberry, orange or lemon)
Food coloring (red, yellow, green or orange, depending on your choice of flavoring)
1/2 cup toasted nuts, chopped (almonds or pistachios)
confectioners' sugar
1. Dissolve sugar and cornstartch in water. Add cream of tartar. Boil to 220 degrees F. Cover pot for the last 5 minutes. Add flavor and food color. Add nuts.
2. Pour into oiled shallow pan. When cool, cut into squares and roll each piece in sifted powdered sugar. Store in plastic bag.
