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Sugar crystals How to proceed? 1. In a dosing glass, get 10 ml of water

2. Pour water in a pan and heat it up, until water is steaming

3. With a balance, measure 200 grams of sugar

4. Dissolve that sugar into water and stir thoroughly (do not let the mixture to boil too much, otherwise, it will turn into candy!)

5. Pour the mixture into a jelly pot

6. Stick the cotton bits to a wood rod and immerse that into the pot.

7. Leave the pot over a very stable stand: after a few days, the sugar crystals will grow on the cotton fibers !
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Ingredients
- sugar
- water

Ustensils
- a glass
- a pan
- a dosing glass
- a balance
- a jelly pot
- 2 or 3 cotton bits
- a wood rod
- heating source
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