Grandma's Taffy

Name: Grandma's Taffy
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 drops any color food coloring; 4 Tbsps butter; 118 milliliters corn syrup; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 1 Tbsp orange, or other flavored extract; 1 teaspoon salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 355 milliliters water

Grandma's Taffy might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 63 calories, 0g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 40. If you have any color food coloring, butter, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, stir together the sugar and cornstarch.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Add the butter, salt, corn syrup and water; mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to mix in butter.

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Corn Syrup

Butter

Water

Salt

Heat to 275 degrees F (134 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped from a spoon forms hard but pliable threads.

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Syrup

Remove from heat, and stir in the vanilla, flavored extract and food coloring.

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Food Color

Extract

Vanilla

Pour into a greased 8x8 inch baking dish. When cooled enough to handle, remove candy from the pan, and pull until it loses its shine and becomes stiff. Pull into ropes, and use scissors to cut into 1 inch pieces. Wrap each piece in waxed paper.

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Candy

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