Christmas Candy Canes

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
 * 1/2 	cup 	water
 * 3/4 	cup 	Lt. corn syrup
 * 3/4 	tsp 	Red vegetable coloring
 * 1/4 	tsp 	cream of tartar

Directions

 * 1) The Sugar, water, syrup, and cream of tartar you combine and heat till the Sugar"s dissolved real fine.
 * 2) Divide into two saucepans, boil, but don"t stir, please, until each lot 280 degrees.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) First oiling the table, as a general rule
 * 5) Like taffy you stretch and pull and form into ropes of red and white, now twist them around again and again.
 * 6) And form them into your candy cane.
 * 7) Now on an oiled surface you allow them to harden, then announce to your family that these is ready for your christmas tree.