Butter Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter
1 c. hot water
dash of salt

Preparation

Stir sugar with butter and hot water.
Add salt.
Bring to a boil in saucepan.
Cover and wait 3 minutes.
Remove lid; wash down sides of pan with a brush dipped in water.
Cook, without stirring, to 248\u00b0.
Pour onto a buttered slab; cool.
Add a few drops of vanilla and coloring; pull until candy loses its gloss. Stretch into rope and cut.