Salt Water Taffy

Instructions

1. 1

   Butter a 20-cm (8-inch) square pan.

2. 2

   In a saucepan, bring the sugar, corn syrup, water, cornstarch, butter and salt to a boil. Cook until a candy thermometer reads 125 °C (257 °F). Remove from the heat.

3. 3

   Add the extract food coloring. Pour into the pan and let cool. When mixture is warm but cool enough to handle, butter your hands and stretch it a few minutes until it whitens. Stretch the dough into a 1-cm (1/2-inch) in diameter ribbon. With scissors, cut into 1-cm (1/2-inch) long candies. Wrap each candy in a 10 x 7.5-cm (4 x 3-inch) square of wax paper. The candy will harden as it cools.