Saltwater Taffy
Recipe: #28074
September 13, 2017
Categories: Christmas, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Sugar, more
"Makes 1 pound"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (592.6 g)
- Calories 1193.3
- Total Fat - 23.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.6 g
- Cholesterol - 61.1 mg
- Sodium - 2543.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 249.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.8 g
- Sugars - 232.6 g
- Protein - 2.2 g
- Calcium - 27.1 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Grease square pan, 8x8x2 inches, with butter.
Step 2
Mix sugar and cornstarch in 2-quart saucepan.
Step 3
Stir in corn syrup, water, butter and salt. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Step 4
Cook, without stirring, to 265ºF on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a hard ball that holds its shape but is pliable; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
Step 5
Pour into pan.
Step 6
When taffy is just cool enough to handle, pull it with lightly buttered hands until satiny, light in color and stiff.
Step 7
Pull into long strips 1/2 inch wide.
Step 8
Cut strips into 1 1/2-inch pieces, using scissors. (For easier cutting, wipe scissors with vegetable oil.)
Step 9
Wrap pieces individually in plastic wrap or waxed paper (candy must be wrapped to hold its shape).
Tips
No special items needed.