Salt water taffy

10 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2cupsSugar
1cupLight karo
teaspoonSalt
2tablespoonsButter
¼teaspoonOil of peppermint
7dropsGreen food coloring
1cupWater

Directions

Combine sugar, syrup and water in pan. Cook slowly stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Cook to hard ball stage without stirring. Remove from heat. Add remaining ings. Pour into long buttered pan. Cool till comfortable to handle. Butter hands. Gather into ball and pull. When light in color and hard to pull, cut into fourths. Pull each piece into long strand ½ " thick. With buttered scissors quickly cut into bitesize pieces. Wrap each piece in waxed paper. About 1¼ lb.