Cotlets
I just got literally choked up, and I almost cried when, after about 8 years, I found Cotlets and Aplets again. My dad and I used to be wild for this candy when I was little, and we'd always get it in this one health food store...but I had completely forgotten about them until tonight, when for some reason they jumped back into my head
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I wish I had any money right now. I would buy a box for both of us.
I CAN, however, offer you this... which is even better than the purchased kind.
3 tablespoons gelatin
3 cups apple juice or unsweetened apricot juice
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice or more as needed
2 tablespoons lime juice or more as needed
2/3 cup cornstarch
2 cups walnuts chopped
1 cup powdered sugar
Directions
Makes about 64 small cubes
Soften the gelatin in 1/2 cup of the apple juice. Boil remaining
juice with the sugar for 15 minutes to concentrate it. Mix the lemon and lime juice, and add all but 1/4 cup cornstarch to dissolve it in the mixture. Add both gelatin mixture and cornstarch mixture to the boiled juice and boil again rapidly for 10 minutes until very thick, stirring constantly. Taste for sweet and sour and add more lemon juice if wanted.
Mix in the walnuts and pour mixture into a 9-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan that has been dipped in cold water. Let paste harden 12 hours or overnight, then cut with a sharp knife into squares. Mix together the reserved 1/4 cup cornstarch and powdered sugar. Remove squares with a spatula and roll each in the powdered sugar mixture (the cornstarch helps keep the sugar dry).
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