English Molasses Candy

Ingredients

• Molasses, 1 pound
• Brown sugar, 1 pound
• Butter, % pound
• Vanilla, or peppermint, 1 teaspoon

Method

1. 1

   Boil the sugar and molasses slowly together, until the mixture becomes stringy, then stir in the butter and a teaspoon of vanilla or peppermint.

2. 2

   The longer it is cooked the more brittle it will be, and when brittle it will keep better, and be less apt to become sticky.

3. 3

   When sufficiently cooked pour into a buttered tin.

4. 4

   Nuts may be added if desired, and if so, should be added when about to pour into the tin, — care being taken to stir them well into the candy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 86. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ENGLISH MOLASSES CANDY Molasses, 1 pound. Brown sugar, 1 pound, Butter, % pound. Vanilla, or peppermint, 1 teaspoon

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