Christmas Candy Canes

== Description ==
Any self-respecting Christmas tree has a right to complain if it isn't decked out with a candy cane.
== Ingredients ==
* 3 cup sugar
* 1 tsp peppermint flavoring
* ½ cup water
* ¾ cup light corn syrup
* ¾ tsp red vegetable coloring
* ¼ tsp cream of tartar
== Directions ==
# The sugar, water, syrup, and cream of tartar you combine and heat till the Sugar"s dissolved real fine.
# Divide into two saucepans, boil, but don't stir, please, until each lot reaches 280 °F.
# Add ½ ts peppermint to each lot and add the coloring to one, the other not: 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, then announce to your family that these is ready for your Christmas tree.
Category:Christmas Candy