Candy Canes

Ingredients:

3 cup Sugar
1 tsp Peppermint flavoring
1/2 cup Water
3/4 cup Lt. corn syrup
3/4 tsp Red vegetable coloring
1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
 

Directions:

Combine the sugar, water, syrup, and cream of tartar and heat till the sugar's dissolved real fine. Divide into two saucepans, boil, but don't stir, until each have reached  280F. Add 1/2-tsp peppermint to each lot and add red coloring to one: place on an enamel or marble table to cool. (First oiling the table, as a general rule). Like taffy you stretch and pull and form into ropes of red and white, now twist them around again and again. And form them into your candy cane. Now on an oiled surface you allow them to harden.