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Butter Taffy

From High-Street cook book, 1885
Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from High-Street cook book (1885) by C.I. Hood & Co. (Lowell, Mass.), Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Butter Taffy. Two cups of light-brown sugar, four tablespoonfuls of molasses, two table- spoonfuls of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of water, one-quarter cup of butter

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