Taffy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 c. light corn syrup
1/4 c. water
2 tsp. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla (or other flavoring)

Preparation

Combine sugar, cream of tartar, corn syrup, water and butter in saucepan and mix well.
Cook to a hard ball stage, stirring frequently (hard ball stage about 265\u00b0).
Remove from heat; add vanilla.
Pour into buttered pan.
When cool, pull until it gets satiny and porous.
Twist into a rope; cut into 1/2 or 1-inch pieces.