Old Fashioned Pull Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. vinegar
1/2 c. shelled peanuts
butter

Preparation

Mix sugar and vinegar in a 3-quart saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until it will spin a thread or to soft crack stage (265\u00b0) when dropped in cool water.
Pour into well buttered plates.
Add peanuts, if desired.
When candy is cool enough to handle, with well buttered hands (with another person), pull until it begins to get firm and turns white.
Make a rope and cut or break into 3 to 4-inch pieces. Wrap each in wax paper.