Salt Water Taffy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/4 tsp. oil of peppermint
7 drops food coloring

Preparation

Combine sugar, syrup, salt and water in 2-quart saucepan. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
Cook to hard ball stage (260\u00b0) without stirring.
Remove from heat; stir in remaining ingredients.
Pour into buttered 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch pan.
Cool until comfortable to handle.
Butter hands; gather taffy into a ball and pull.
When candy is light in color and gets hard to pull, cut in fourths; pull each piece into long strand about 1/2-inch thick.
With buttered scissors, quickly snip in bite-size pieces.
Wrap pieces in wax paper.