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Taffy Recipe
Most girls in my time had very long hair. I let my cousin braid taffy into my hair, so mama had to chop it all off. Here's a fun recipe to make—just be sure to keep it out of your hair!
Makes 1 lb. of candy (enough for 30 people)
Ask an adult for help using the stove!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups light corn syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons butter
- flavoring (vanilla, mint, etc.) to taste
- food coloring (optional)
Materials:
- An enamel pot
- A candy thermometer (optional)
- A cup 3/4 filled with cold water
- Baking pan that has been liberally buttered
- Rubber spatula
- Extra butter and waxed paper
Directions:
Use an enamel pot. Put all the ingredients except flavoring into the pot and put it on the stove to heat. Bring to a boil, but do not stir.
Boil the mixture until a spoonful of the mixture forms a ball when dropped into a cup of cold water...approximately 250 degrees on a candy thermometer. (Be careful! If mixture cooks for too long, it will harden before it cools enough to handle!)
Pour syrup onto a liberally buttered pan. Add flavoring and food coloring as desired, mixing with a spatula. Mix to cool syrup.
After buttering your hands, take a handful of taffy and continue to pull it apart into long strands for almost five (5) minutes. (Ask an adult how to do this.) The candy should become opaque and become harder and harder to pull. Work it into a shape. When the taffy holds it shape, it is done. Break off small pieces and wrap them in waxed paper for storage.
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