How to make homemade candy canes

Anna is doing an extra project for school on candy canes.  She thought it would be fun to make homemade candy canes and make a poster about it to be apart of her presentation.  I have never made candy canes before, but the recipe seemed easy enough.  By far the hardest part was shaping the candy canes.  As a result, the candy canes are not pretty but they sure taste good.

Step One:
Get your ingredients - 3 cups sugar, 1 cup corn syrup, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp peppermint extract, red food coloring

 
Step Two:
Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in saucepan.  Put on stove over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves.

Step Three:
Once sugar dissolves, stop stirring and let mixture boil to soft crack stage.

Step Four:
Once soft crack stage is reached, remove pan from stove and stir in peppermint extract.

Step Five:
Pour half of mixture into a greased jelly roll pan.  Add couple drops of red food coloring to to the rest of the mixture, pour red mixture into a greased jelly roll pan.

Step Six:
Use a spatula and move the mixture around from the edges as it cools.

Step Seven:
Pull the candy until it is glossy.

Step Eight:
Pull/roll each mixture into 2 inch diameter ropes.

Step Nine:
Twist clear and read ropes together.  Cut to desired size and shape with a hook.

Step Ten:
Let candy canes harden at room temperature.

Step Eleven:
Enjoy your handmade candy canes!

Notes:
Like I said these did not turn out pretty.  I think I would need to practice more with the recipe.  If you do not have extra help with the pulling/shaping, you can put one of the pans in  a 200 degree oven as you work with one of the mixtures.  This will help so the candy doesn't harden.