Recipe - Vinegar Taffy

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1 cup sugar One half cup water One fourth cup light corn syrup One half tsp salt 2 Tbsp vinegar 1
tsp vanilla or other flavoring such as orange or lemon, or use One half tsp
peppermint, or 1 ounce bitter chocolate, grated.

Cook sugar, water, corn syrup, salt and vinegar until a few drops of the
mixture will make a hard ball in cold water, 260 degrees on a candy
thermometer. Pour onto a greased dish or platter, sprinkle flavoring over
top and turn the outer edges of the candy in toward the center until cool
and firm enough to handle.

Best results are obtained in pulling if the tips of the thumbs and fingers
are dipped in cornstarch or fat. Use only the fingertips to pull taffy.
When mixture can be handled, take up and pull out with both hands. Fold
over and pull out again.

As the mixture becomes cooler and the longer it is pulled, it will become
stiffer and can be pulled out in a longer strand. Pull until it is
difficult to pull out and the mixture seems quite firm.

Pull into long thin strips and cut immediately with greased scissors and
roll each piece in powdered sugar or wrap in wax paper. Store cooled taffy
in an air tight container in a cool dry place.

If the taffy sugars, it can be recooked by putting it in a pan with 2 Tbsp
corn syrup and One fourth cup water. Stir until dissolved and then recook according
to original directions.

Finely chopped nuts or fruit, as well as other flavorings, are added as the
taffy is being pulled.

From Grandma Ruby's (Florence Williams) recipe file: newspaper

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