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Christmas: Homemade Candy Canes




Source of Recipe


CD Kitchen


List of Ingredients




3 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 teaspoon red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar


Recipe



Combine the sugar, water, syrup and cream of tartar in a sauce pan and heat
till the sugar has
dissolved.
Divide mixture into 2 saucepans, bring to a boil (do not stir the mixtures
in both pots) until the candy
thermometer reads 280 degrees F.
Add 1/2 teaspoon peppermint into each pot and add the red food coloring into
one pot, leaving the
other pot plain.
Oil an enamel or marble surface or slab. Place mixture from one pot and
stretch it like taffy, pulling
and forming the mixture into a rope. Set aside and continue with other pot
doing the same thing.
Take both red and white ropes and twist them around each other again and
again. Cut into desired
sizes and form into candy cane shapes.
Oil the surface lightly again and place candy canes and allow them to
harden.