Old Fashioned Hard Candy

Old Fashioned Hard Candy
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1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
3 2/3 cup sugar
1 dram oil flavoring
food coloring, according to flavor
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Mix all ingredients together except oil and coloring. cook until candy thermometer reads 260 degrees. Add coloring and continue to boil until you reach 300 degrees. Remove from heat, add oil and coloring. Pour onto a buttered sheet cake pan or marbled slab. You can cut across the candy, both directions, as it cools, it will break evenly. If your in a big hurry, just turn upside down onto another pan with powdered sugar on it and hit the candy with a big spoon.