Grandma Bagnell's ButterMints Recipe

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Category:	Category: Candy

Ingredients:	Ingredients: 1 cup water 2 cups sugar 6 Tbsp butter peppermint pinch of salt food coloring

Directions:	Directions: Boil water with a pinch of salt in a deep heavy gauge pan. Add sugar in the center of the pan. Warm slightly to dissolve. Cover and boil until crystals are gone. Wash pan down with a wet pastry brush. Add thermometer. Cook to the soft ball stage. Using medium to high heat. Add butter cut into four pieces. Cook to hard ball stage. Pour onto buttered marble slab. Add 10 drops of peppermint and 3 drops of red or green food coloring in center of circle. Cool slightly, not playing with it while cooling. Pull side of mixture into center when slightly hardened. Pull from fingertips with a twisting motion until stiff and lightly colored. Pull into a log rope. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Ripen in airtight container.

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