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    Candy Canes


    Source of Recipe


    Chyrel's Kitchen

    List of Ingredients




    1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
    1/2 Cup light corn syrup
    1/2 Cup water
    3/4 tsp. peppermint extract
    1 tsp. red food coloring
    2 Cups sugar


    Recipe



    Mix together cream of tartar, corn syrup, water and sugar. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Cook to 265 degrees (very hard ball stage). Remove from heat and add the peppermint.

    Divide the mixture in half and add food coloring to one part. Pour on greased cookie sheets. Pull each apart separately into ropes.

    Twist red part around white. Cut into 8-inch lengths. Form into candy canes.


 

 

 


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