Nut Candy
From Delicate dishes, 1896
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 Delicate dishes (1896), page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
NUT CANDY. Melt 2 cups sugar, stirring constantly; add i cup chopped peanuts ; pour into shallow pans to cool and cut in squares or long pieces. Miss Louise Gregg. BUTTER SCOTCH. Boil I cup sugar, 5/2 of water, 3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar and i of butter until it becomes brittle in water. Miss Louise Gregg. CHOCOLATE CARAMELS Boil T cup molasses, i of brown sugar, i of milk, butter the size of an egg, i tablespoon of glycerine; when nearly done add i cup "Baker's" unsweetened chocolate, grated. Test it in cold water. Pour into buttered tins and when cool cut into squares. Mrs. A. W. Knight. y/^stms VALENTINE & GOMFflNY. Coacb and Car yaroishes and Colors. 146 CONFECTIONERY. COARSE CARAMELS. Three cups light brown sugar, i of milk, ys of butter, 4 squares "Baker's" chocolate. Mrs. James Hewitt. MOLASSES CANDY. Boil 2 cups molasses, i of sugar, i tablespoonful of vinegar and I of butter until it becomes hard in water. When nearly done add a pinch of soda. Pour into shallow tins and when cool, pull until a light brown color. Miss Louise Gregg. CREAM CANDY. Two cups of sugar, i cup of water, i teaspoonful of butter, I small teaspoonful of cream tartar, i teaspoon- ful of vanilla. Boil without stirring until it wall harden in cold water. After taking from the stove stir in the vanilla and turn out on a greased platter. Begin to pull as soon as you can handle it. Mrs. Rhodes. NUT CANDY. Two cups of New Orleans molasses, ^ cup of brown sugar, i coffeecup of walnut meats. Boil sugar IMLEUTINrC YflLENTINB & GOMFflNY, VMrIi ISHLv Coach and Car farnisbes and Colors. CONFECTIONERY. 147 and molasses until it will harden quickly in water. Add a piece of butter
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