2 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
2 tbsp. butter

Melt butter; add sugar and vinegar. Stir well over medium-high heat. Boil until tests brittle in cool water (spins a long thread from spoon). Butter hands and pour taffy onto buttered plate to cool. Taffy must be pulled by hand and twisted. Pull into size of pencil in long ropes. Taffy will be white.