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and three around the upper portion. These were stuckon after hardening. Three tiny yellow bell shapes werepulled out of the bright yellow sugar and placed in thecenter completing the poinsettia.
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE
The American Beauty is made with a deep red tint.After stretching the candy to thin it down, put your left thumb in and pull down and out. This tends towrap or curve the sugar around your thumb. Cutpetal off or snap it off. Then at the top, with boththumbs and both forefingers, roll the two sides of the petal back slightly. This forms a true rose petal. Fourmore petals are made in this manner and stuck to-gether as each petal is formed. They should form ahalf circle. The petals are then put together as shownin the next step forming the center of the rose.