Peppermint Taffy
"This is a great recipe for the whole family. Really fun to do as an old-fashioned taffy pull."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1 3/4 pounds
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups light corn syrup
- 4 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup evaporated milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon peppermint oil
- red food coloring
directions
- Butter a 15 by 10, by 1 inch pan and set aside.
- Combine sugar, corn syrup, vinegar and salt in a heavy saucepan.
- Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat then slowly add milk.
- cook and stir until candy thermometer reads 248. Remove from heat and add the peppermint oil and food colouring.
- Pour into preparred pan and let stand 8 minutes or untill cool enough to handle.
- butter fingers well and quickly pull candy untill it is firm, but pliable. The clour should become a light pink.
- Pull into a 1/2 inch wide rope and cut into 1 inch pieces. Wrap pieces in waxed paper.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alia55
Canada
After several floods to my basement, I am starting to input all of the many many recipes that I've been collecting for years. I didn't realize just how many I had saved up... must make note to self.. step away from the cookbooks!
