Maple Sugar Taffy

Ingredients

• Take 3 coffee cups of maple molasses
• and boil until it will stiffen when dropped into cold water.

Method

1. 1

   Then remove from fire, and place where it will cool rapidly.

2. 2

   Do not stir, until it has become a thick wax.

3. 3

   Then with a spoon beat until white and hard.

4. 4

   Some hickory nut meats or pecans may be added before stirring it.

5. 5

   The taffy should not be grainy.

6. 6

   If an inch in depth around the saucepan is buttered, it will prevent boiling over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 212. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Maple Sugar Taffy. Take 3 coffee cups of maple molasses, and boil until it will stiffen when dropped into cold water.

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