Old-Fashioned Taffy

Directions

1. 1
   Combine first 5 ingredients in a small Dutch oven; cook, without stirring, over medium heat just until mixture reaches crack stage (270°).
2. 2
   Remove from heat.
3. 3
   Stir in vanilla.
4. 4
   Pour candy onto a well buttered 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan or slab of marble.
5. 5
   Let cool to touch; pull candy until light in color and difficult to pull.
6. 6
   (Butter hands if candy is sticky.)
7. 7
   Divide candy in half and pull into a rope, 1-inch in diameter.
8. 8
   Cut taffy into 1-inch pieces; wrap each piece individually in waxed paper. Yield:
9. 9
   about 40 (1-inch) pieces.