Salt Water Taffy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. red label Karo
3/4 c. water
3/4 Tbsp. salt
2 c. granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. Mazola oil
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and oil.
Add Karo and water; stir until mixture boils rapidly.
Boil to 252\u00b0 or until, when tested in cold water forms a fairly hard ball.
Add vanilla.
Pour into large platter lightly oiled with mazola; gather taffy into ball and pull.
When light in color and hard to pull; cut in 1/4ths.
Pull each piece into long strand, 1/2 inch thick.
With buttered scissors snip into bite-size pieces.
Wrap in wax paper.