TAFFY
When making a sugar-based candy, any foreign ingredients like fat, acid-like vinegar or corn syrup help keep it smooth and from re-developing crystals. This is a smooth candy so it has all three. Taffy started in 1885 at Fralinger's on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. The story goes that one day large waves came up and drenched all the product in the store, coating it with salt water. The next day when it was tasted they changed the name to "Salt Water Taffy." It became popular to have social events called Taffy Pulls to allow young men and women to get together and be close but not too close. Interesting old terms: crystallizing was called "graining" or "cause the candy to sugar."
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield 30 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put all the ingredients in a large saucepan 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 the "firm ball" or "hard ball" stage (255 degrees F), and remove from the heat. Stir in the extracts and pour onto a silicone baking mat-lined 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. You'll finish with long ropes of taffy. Cut it into pieces or shape into figures and animals.
- Some tips when making taffy:
- Oil the top 1-inch of the saucepans 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 pans 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.
TAFFY
Steps:
- 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.
TRICOLOR TAFFY
Steps:
- In a 4-quart saucepan, combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and salt. Swirl the pot over the burner to dissolve the sugar completely, do not stir. Increase the heat and boil to soft-ball stage (250 degrees). Use a candy thermometer for accuracy. Wash down the inside wall of the pot with a wet pastry brush if necessary. Remove from heat, stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Coat 3 sheet pans with nonstick spray. Pour the mixture onto the sheet pans, dividing in 3 equal portions. Mix the peppermint extract and a couple of drops of green food coloring in 1 batch. Mix the orange extract and a couple of drops of yellow food coloring in another batch. Leave the plain vanilla batch as is. As the candy cools, lift the edges toward the center with a metal spatula or bench scraper so they don't harden. When just cool enough to handle, butter your hands and pull the taffy into long ropes. Twist and pull until the taffy is stiff and the color is even. Cut the ropes into 1-inch pieces with clean, buttered kitchen scissors. Wrap each piece in waxed paper and store in an airtight container.
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