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Pioneer Taffy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cup white corn syrup
  • 2 tsp glycerin found at heath food stores
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 T butter
  • 1 tsp. salt

Instructions

  1. Mix sugar, water, salt, corn syrup and glycerin in a heavy saucepan.

  2. Bring to a boil, and cook until the temperature reaches 258 degrees. Don't overcook or it will turn hard before you can pull it!

  3. Remove from heat and add the butter and vanilla until the butter has melted.
  4. Pour candy onto a buttered cookie sheet.
  5. Cool approx. 5 minutes or until taffy can be handled comfortably.
  6. Take a small piece of taffy and stretch and fold until the taffy turns white.

  7. Right when it starts to get hard, form taffy into the desired shape.

  8. Place on wax paper.