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The Candy Cook Book
By
Alice Bradley
(1917)
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Taffy
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup corn syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons butter
1/3 cup water
Melt butter in saucepan, add sugar, corn syrup, and water, stir until
sugar is dissolved, bring to boiling point, and boil without stirring
to 260° F., or until it forms a hard ball when tried in cold water. Pour
on a marble slab or white agate tray which has been slightly
moistened by being wiped over with a piece of damp cheesecloth.
Fold edges over into the center before they have time to get hard; by
doing this the candy will be kept soft, but in doing it the candy must
be disturbed as little as possible, as any tendency toward stirring it
may cause it to sugar, and then it cannot be pulled. As soon as candy
is cool enough to handle, knead it until firm, add flavor, then pull it
over a hook until it is white. Cut with scissors into bars, and wrap in
waxed paper.
Salt Water Taffy
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 tablespoon glycerine
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Put brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and water in saucepan or iron
kettle, and boil, stirring occasionally, to 256° F., or until it forms a
hard ball when tried in cold water. Add salt and glycerine, pour on
greased marble slab or agate tray, and when cool enough to handle,
pull until light colored. Add vanilla while pulling. Pull out in round
sticks the size of kisses, cut in small pieces with scissors, and wrap
in waxed paper.
Atlantic City Salt Water Taffy
1 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
2/3 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
Flavoring
Mix sugar and cornstarch, put in saucepan, add corn syrup,
butter, and water. Stir until boiling point is reached, and boil to 256°
F., or until it forms a firm ball when tried in cold water. Add salt,
pour on greased slab or agate tray, and when cool enough to handle,
pull until light colored. Divide in separate portions, and color and
flavor each portion as desired, while it is being pulled. Lemon,
orange, peppermint, lime, strawberry, or pineapple flavors may be
used, and pink, green, yellow, or orange color paste.
To make red striped kisses have one portion of candy colored
bright red and kept warm near the oven. Lay the large piece of
pulled taffy on the slab; on the upper side lay two or three parallel
strips of red taffy; turn the piece over and lay two or three red strips
on that side. Pull out until one and one half inches wide and three
fourths inch thick. Cut in pieces with scissors, and wrap in wax
paper.
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