Grandmama Pampas' Old-Fashion Pull Mints

Name: Grandmama Pampas' Old-Fashion Pull Mints
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 3 drops peppermint oil; 3 servings food coloring; 237 milliliters boiling water; 710 milliliters white sugar

Grandmama Pampas' Old-Fashion Pull Mints might be just the side dish you are searching for. This gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe serves 3. One serving contains 807 calories, 0g of protein, and 4g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. If you have butter, sugar, peppermint oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Place sugar and 3 tablespoons butter into a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.

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Sugar

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Pot

Pour the boiling water over, and stir to dissolve. Allow the mixture to come to a rolling boil. It will boil up in the pot as if it is going to boil over, but it will settle down. Use some of the remaining butter to butter a marble slab.

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Butter

Water

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When the sugar mixture reaches the soft crack stage of 270 to 280 degrees F (132 to 140 degrees C), remove from the heat immediately.

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Sugar

Pour onto the buttered marble slab.

Add peppermint oil and food coloring if desired. Butter your hands, and start pulling up pieces of the sugar blob. Keep stretching so that it will not set up. Continue to stretch until it has lost it's shine and is stringier.

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Peppermint Oil