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Make your own hard candy

Bored kids? Spend a fun afternoon with them making homemade hard candy.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup seasoned rice vinegar or any other vinegar

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a medium-size sauce pan on medium to high heat. Add the sugar and vinegar. Stir continuously. Wash down the top inside of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water to keep the mixture from adhering to the side of the pan.
2. Boil this mixture on high heat for 5 to 10 minutes. It will thicken and may look whitish. Remove from the heat and pour or spoon the mixture on to large pieces of oiled aluminum foil.
3. As it cools, you can pull it as taffy with oiled fingers or just let it cool and harden. When brittle, break into small pieces and store in small plastic bags.