Molasses Candy (Alternative)
From The new home cook book, 1896
Serves 8
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 110. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
two cups sugar, one tablespoon vin- egar, a little butter and vanilla; boil ten minutes, then cool it enough to pull. MOLASSES CANDY. Julia French. One cup molasses, one cup sugar, one tablespoon vine- gar, piece of butter size of an egg; boil (but do not stir) until it hardens when dropped in cold water ; then stir in a teaspoon of soda, and pour on buttered tins ; when cool, pull and cut in sticks. Or, two cups sugar, two tablespoons vinegar, boil, when done add a teaspoon soda
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