MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Homemade Candy Canes
 Categories: Five, Candy
      Yield: 10 Canes

      2 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Light corn syrup
    1/2 c  Water
    1/4 ts Cream of tartar
      1 ts Peppermint extract
      1 ts Red food coloring

  In heavy-bottomed large saucepan or small pot, combine first
  4 ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves.

  Cook, without stirring to hard-ball stage (265°F/130°C).

  Remove from heat and add peppermint extract. Divide into
  2 portions, and add coloring to one part. Pour out onto buttered
  cookie sheets. Pour half onto one sheet, then add coloring to the
  rest and then pour onto 2nd sheet. When it's cool enough to handle,
  start pulling each part separately. Best done with 2 people, but if
  doing alone, go back and forth pulling each.

  When you feel like you just can't pull anymore, form into ropes and
  twist them together. Cut into 8" lengths, form into the shape of
  candy canes, and place on lightly buttered platter until fully
  hardened.

  Recipe by Kelly Williams

  Recipe FROM: https://www.justapinch.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM