Old Fashioned Peppermint Candy

Old Fashioned Peppermint Candy

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
3/4 tsp peppermint oil
3/4 tsp to 1 tsp red food coloring
Blend together sugar, corn syrup, water and cream o f
tartar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Without tsirring,
cook until the hard ball stage (265 degrees) on cand y
thermometer). Remove from heat and add peppermint oi l;
blend well. Divide into two portions. Add red food
coloring to one one half of candy. Pour candy onto tw o
greased plates. Let cool. When cool enough to handle ,
pull each apart separately. Form into ropes and twist th e
white and red candy together. Cu itnto desired length and
shape into canes.
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