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Kentucky Cream Candy

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

3 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine



Recipe

Combine all ingredients.
Cook over medium heat but do not stir after mixture starts to boil.
Continue boiling until mixture reaches 265 degrees on a candy thermometer.
Pour on marble slab or cool hard surface.
As edges cool, push toward center once.
When cool enough to handle, pull with buttered hands (Keep hands cool with damp cloth).
Pull and fold over in a half twist.
When pulling is completed, cut into pieces with scissors.
Makes approximately 30 half twists.
Recipe History: an old recipe for cream candy.
Candy is not hard like taffy but has a softer