Pulled Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. sugar
1 pt. water
1/4 lb. butter
oil of peppermint (buy at drugstore)
pink or green food coloring (optional)

Preparation

Put sugar, water and butter in a saucepan.
Without stirring, cook until a little of the boiling syrup dropped in cold water makes a hard ball or is brittle.
Flavor with 5 to 10 drops of oil of peppermint or to suit taste and pour out on a marble slab or platter.
When cool, pull until light.
Make a long roll and cut into cubes with scissors or cut into finger length pieces.
Fold 2 ends together and cut across the center.
This will give a twisted effect and make the right size.
When candy is cut, put in a tightly closed tin box and leave for 8 to 10 hours to cream.