It all started in New Jersey. In the 1880's. Now, taffy is a popular souvenir at beaches along the entire eastern seaboard of The United States.
It's not that hard to make. And, it's a fun thing to do with kids.
Ingredients
for 35 pieces
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
⅔ cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon flavored extract, of your choice
2 drops food coloring, coloring of your choice
Preparation
Add the sugar to a pot. 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. Mix thoroughly. Turn the heat to medium and cook until the mixture reaches 250°F.
Add the food coloring. Stir.
Pour the candy into a greased heatproof dish and cool until you are able to handle it, 5-10 minutes.
Pull the taffy 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 a 1-inch 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 waxed paper and twist the ends.
Framed to 9.5" x 7.5"
It all started in New Jersey. In the 1880's. Now, taffy is a popular souvenir at beaches along the entire eastern seaboard of The United States.
It's not that hard to make. And, it's a fun thing to do with kids.
Ingredients
for 35 pieces
Preparation