Salt water taffy

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Light karo
1½ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Butter
¼ teaspoon Oil of peppermint
7 drops Green food coloring
1 cup Water

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.

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