1 1/4 c. water
1 square of butter (1/2 c.)
3 c. sugar
pinch of salt
Boil to dissolve butter and water, then add sugar and salt. Boil with lid on for 3 minutes. Take lid off and cook to 254ºF. Pour onto butter ice cold marble slab. Add 5 drops oil of peppermint and 6 drops of coloring. DO NOT scrape pan. Cool and pull like taffy about 10 minutes. Pull out into a long rope and cut into desired size pieces with a pair of scissors. Let stand 2-12 hours. Put into air tight container. Will keep a long time. Makes about 1 1/2 lbs....about 250 pieces. DO NOT double the recipe as it is too hard to pull.
~These mints were a specialty of a friend of Ruby Kotter Freeman's. They were made for at least one family wedding celebration.
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