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Honey Candy (taffy) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup honey
Directions:
Directions:
cook honey to hard crack stage (285º) stirring occasionally. Pour onto buttered marble slab. As soon as outside edges cool enought to touch, fold to center and make a long roll. start stretching and pulling while still hot. (Don't burn yourself!) Pull until honey becomes light and porous and small strings develop. Stretch out into rope of 1/4 to 1/2" and cut with scissors into bite size pieces. Store in wax paper-lined metal can for 2 days to soften (if you can wait that long to eat it).
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I remember many happy times as a girl trying to learn from Mother how to stretch this so it becomes light and golden. A fun family activity!

 

 

 

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