salt water taffy

Name: Salt Water Taffy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) light corn syrup; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 tablespoon(s) butter; 1/4 teaspoon(s) peppermint oil; 7 - drops of green food coloring

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Darla Hill

SOUTH EUCLID, OH

Updated on Sep 22, 2011

This recipe dates back to 1972. The picture is borrowed I will update with my next batch!

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 15 Min

method ---

yield make 1 1/2 pounds

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon peppermint oil
7 - drops of green food coloring

How To Make salt water taffy

Step 1

combine sugar, syrup and 1 cup water in 2-quart saucepan. cook slowly stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. cook to hard ball stage 265 degree without stirring

Step 2

remove from heat , stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into buttered 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch pan
Step 3

cool until comfortable to handle. butter hands gather taffy into a ball and pull. when candy is light in color and gets hard to pull. cut into fourths. pull each piece into long strands about 1/2inch thick. with buttered scissors quickly snip bite size peices. wrap each peice in wax paper
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