#1652 - Homemade Saltwater Taffy

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup Kayro lite corn syrup
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 TBSP cornstarch
2 TBSP butter
2 TBSP vanilla
food coloring (optional)
2" squares of wax paper

Grease a cookie sheet--set aside. In a saucepan add white sugar, corn syrup, water, salt, cornstarch, butter, vanilla--stir until mixed. Place the saucepan over medium heat and continue stirring/cooking until mixture reaches 265 degrees on a candy thermometer. While stirring/cooking, use a greased pastry brush to brush down the sides of the saucepan (above the line of the sugar mixture)--this will help prevent the mixture from getting "sugary". Once at 265 degrees, pour the mixture on to the greased cookie sheet. When the mixture is cool enough to touch without burning your hands, grease your hands with Pam or with butter. Using your hands, keep pulling the taffy until the mixture gets lighter in color. Once the whole mixture is light in color, use a knife to cut off small pieces and wrap them in the 2" squares of wax paper (you'll have to work quickly). Optional--add a few drops of food coloring as soon as you remove mixture from heat--stir until the mixture is the color you desire.