Food Network: Tricolor Taffy

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Tricolor Taffy
Copyright 2001 Television Food Network, G.P. All rights reserved

Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Nonstick cooking spray
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
Food coloring
Butter

Directions
In a 4-quart saucepan, combine sugar, water, corn
syrup, and salt. Swirl the pot over the burner to dissolve the sugar completely,
do not stir. Increase the heat and boil to soft-ball stage (250 degrees). Use a
candy thermometer for accuracy. Wash down the inside wall of the pot with a wet
pastry brush if necessary. Remove from heat, stir in the butter and vanilla.

Coat 3 sheet pans with nonstick spray. Pour the mixture onto the sheet pans,
dividing in 3 equal portions. Mix the peppermint extract and a couple of drops of
green food coloring in 1 batch. Mix the orange extract and a couple of drops of
yellow food coloring in another batch. Leave the plain vanilla batch as is. As the
candy cools, lift the edges toward the center with a metal spatula or bench
scraper so they don't harden. When just cool enough to handle, butter your hands

and pull the taffy into long ropes. Twist and pull until the taffy is stiff and
the color is even. Cut the ropes into 1-inch pieces with clean, buttered kitchen
scissors. Wrap each piece in waxed paper and store in an airtight
container.