VINTAGE SALTWATER TAFFY
When my children were small we used to do Saltwater Taffy Pulls. I would invite the whole neighborhood, we lived on base as we were military and the kids would have an absolute blast. I love Saltwater Taffy. My favorite is peppermint. The kids liked Cherry of course. Just a reminder if you have long hair put it up in a...
Provided by JoSele Swopes
Categories Candies
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Liberally grease a large baking sheet with butter and set aside.
- 2. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Add the corn syrup, water, butter, and salt and stir over medium heat until the butter melts and the mixture comes to a boil.
- 3. Cook, without stirring, until the mixture just reaches 250° on a candy thermometer, or until a small piece dropped into a cup of cold water forms a firm, but not sticky, ball. Immediately remove from heat and stir in the flavor, vanilla, and several drops of food coloring.
- 4. Pour the mixture onto the greased cookie sheet and let it cool until you're able to handle it, about 15 minutes.
- 5. Grease your hands with butter, then pull and stretch the taffy until it lightens in color, about 15 minutes total. Form into ropes and cut into pieces with buttered scissors. Wrap the pieces in squares of parchment or wax paper
- 6. How to Pull Taffy Make your taffy Let the taffy stand until it is cool enough throughout to touch with your fingers Wash your hands thoroughly, then butter them. Pick up the taffy with 2 hands. Form the taffy into a ball. Pull your right and left hands away from each other sideways in front of your body. (You will be pulling taffy for quite a while, so find a comfortable position or friends to help). Double the taffy on itself by bringing the ends together on the left side and pulling the middle with your right hand. If you plan on making a lot of taffy, invest in a taffy hook. They are available through online kitchen stores. Install this large metal hook on your wall, clean it, and then hook the taffy around the middle, and pull. Double the taffy on the hook. Pull and repeat. This allows you to pull back and use momentum to help you, making it less exhausting. Regrease your hands with butter as needed throughout the process of pulling.
- 7. Pull the taffy until it is light in color and stiff. This will indicate there are enough air bubbles inside to make it fluffy. Pulling taffy can take 15 to 60 minutes, depending upon the number of people you have pulling and the amount of taffy you are working with.
- 8. Pull hard on 1 end of the taffy so that it is stretched into a thin rope. You may need to take it between your 2 palms and rotate your hands back and forth to keep the round rope shape. Cut the taffy with clean, greased scissors and wrap the taffy in wax paper. Twist together ropes of different colors and flavors to form a striped candy. Cut with greased scissors and wrap in wax paper squares.
SALTWATER TAFFY RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: sugar, cornstarch, unsalted butter, light corn syrup, salt, water, vanilla extract, flavored extract, food coloring
Provided by Betsy Carter
Categories Snacks
Yield 35 pieces
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Add the sugar to a large pot fitted with a candy thermometer. Sift in the cornstarch and whisk into the sugar until well-combined. Add the butter, corn syrup, salt, water, vanilla, and flavor extract of choice to the pot. Whisk to combine, then turn the heat to medium and cook until the mixture reaches 250°F (120°C).
- Add the food coloring and stir to combine.
- Pour the candy into a greased heatproof dish and cool until you are able to handle it, 5-10 minutes.
- Stretch the mixture out 12 inches (30 cm) (or further) and fold it over itself again and again for 10-15 minutes. The taffy will turn from translucent to opaque.
- When the taffy becomes harder to pull, roll it to about a 30-inch (76-cm) long and 1-inch (2-cm) thick log on a greased surface. Cut the log in half. Then slice the taffy into bite-size chunks.
- Wrap each piece of taffy in a square of parchment paper and twist the ends to seal.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 28 calories, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, Sugar 6 grams
PEPPERMINT TAFFY
Make and share this Peppermint Taffy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Alia55
Categories Candy
Time 1h
Yield 1 3/4 pounds
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Butter a 15 by 10, by 1 inch pan and set aside.
- Combine sugar, corn syrup, vinegar and salt in a heavy saucepan.
- Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat then slowly add milk.
- cook and stir until candy thermometer reads 248. Remove from heat and add the peppermint oil and food colouring.
- Pour into preparred pan and let stand 8 minutes or untill cool enough to handle.
- butter fingers well and quickly pull candy untill it is firm, but pliable. The clour should become a light pink.
- Pull into a 1/2 inch wide rope and cut into 1 inch pieces. Wrap pieces in waxed paper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2031.7, Fat 6, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 20.9, Sodium 590.3, Carbohydrate 517.4, Sugar 363.8, Protein 4.9
GRANDMA'S TAFFY
A quick and easy recipe for any flavor of taffy you can think of!
Provided by Chocolate Moose
Categories Desserts Candy Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 40
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, stir together the sugar and cornstarch. Add the butter, salt, corn syrup and water; mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to mix in butter. Heat to 275 degrees F (134 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped from a spoon forms hard but pliable threads.
- Remove from heat, and stir in the vanilla, flavored extract and food coloring. Pour into a greased 8x8 inch baking dish. When cooled enough to handle, remove candy from the pan, and pull until it loses its shine and becomes stiff. Pull into ropes, and use scissors to cut into 1 inch pieces. Wrap each piece in waxed paper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 63.5 calories, Carbohydrate 13.5 g, Cholesterol 3.1 mg, Fat 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 68.9 mg, Sugar 11.1 g
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