GRANDMOTHER SHANEY'S PULLED MINTS

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Categories     Candy     Molasses

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup butter or margarine
pinch of cream of tartar
few drops of food coloring
4 of 5 drops of oil of peppermint

Steps:

  • Combine sugar, butter and water and cream of tartar in sauce pan. Stir over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Cook without stirring over high heat until temperature reaches 260 or when a little dropped in cold water becomes brittle. Keep sugar crystals wiped down from sides of pan. Pour on greased marble slab or greased large platter. With greased hands turn edges in until it gets cool enough to handle. Sprinkle on color and flavoring and pull until it is almost cold. Stretch to long rope and cut with scissors into short lengths. Store in wax paper lined containers such as a 1 pound coffee can. Some times it takes a little while for them to cream.

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