Salt Water Taffy

Ingredients

• 2 cups  sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspooons  salt
• 1 1/2 cup  water
• 1 cup  corn syrup
• 7 drops  coloring
• 2 Tablespoons  butter

Instructions

1. Combine sugar, light corn syrup, salt, and water in two quart saucepan.
2. Cook slowly, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cook to hard ball stage (260 degrees fahrenheit) without stirring.
3. Remove, stir in color and butter.
4. Pour into greased jelly roll pan. Cool until handable. Grease hands and pull, pull, pull until color lightens.
5. Pull into long strands and cut with greased scissors into bite-sized pieces. Wrap each piece in wax paper.