Homemade Pull Taffy!

By

NOTE: taffy can only be made when the temperature outside is below freezing. Taffy is pulled outside!

View complete recipe

  • Difficult
  • 10 mins
  • 30 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbs white syrup
  • dash of salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 stick real butter
  • vanilla flavoring

Preparation

Step 1

Combine sugar, water, white syrup, and salt and cook until the temperature reaches 240F. Use a candy thermometer. Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda to 1 c milk warmed in microwave. Then alternate adding 1 tbs milk / baking soda mixture and 1 tbs butter to mixture. DO NOT STIR. Cook to 260F. Remove from heat.

Step 2

Pour mixture onto buttered cookie sheet. Add 1-2 caps of vanilla flavoring.

Step 3

Set pan outside in the cold and pull corners of taffy on pan.

Step 4

Once able to pick up from pan,twist and pull taffy on a buttered hook that's outside. Use butter as needed to pull the taffy. Pull until hard. The color of the taffy should look like a shade of light blonde. Then bring pulled taffy inside to cut into pieces. Wrap pieces with wax paper.

Step 5

Let the taffy set for a couple days until soft and creamy!

View complete recipe

You'll also love

You'll also love