Taffy

Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

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Total Time:
55 min
Prep
20 min
Inactive
20 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
30 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Directions

In a large saucepan, place all the ingredients except extracts, and gently stir them to combine. Place a candy thermometer on the side of the pan and bring to a boil, stirring only to prevent burning. Cook to hardball stage (265 to 270 degrees), remove from the heat, stir in the extracts, and pour onto a silpat-lined sheet pan or buttered sheet pan. Let it cool enough to handle then start rolling it into a log and stretching or pulling the taffy to work air in and make it white and opaque. Keep pulling and twisting until it hardens. Form long ropes of taffy, then cut them into pieces.

Some tips when making taffy: Oil the top 1-inch of the saucepan's wall to keep the sugar from boiling over. Always use a pan bigger than you think you need to prevent boiling over. Always use a burner as big or bigger than your pan's bottom. Never scrape the bottom of the pan at the end, just pour out the syrup. Wash down the sides of the pan with a clean wet pastry brush to avoid crystallization.

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  • on November 12, 2010

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    When I made this candy I made it with a few of my friends. We were to focused on what we were going to do the rest of the day, instead of being focused on the candy. We accidentally let it crystallize. Our favorite option, was to put a knife to it. It shattered all around my kitchen, but the pieces left were delicious.

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  • on January 25, 2009

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    I have tried a number of taffy recipes and found that cooking the mixture to 255 results in s softer, more traditional taffy-like consistency. Not the same as store-bought, boardwalk taffy...but a bit softer than most of the recipes on this site.

    Hope this helps!!

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  • on October 25, 2008

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    it is supposed to be a hard candy. I am looking forward to trying it because my grandmother used to make it and I have never found a recipe like hers.

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