Pop Corn Balls

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Put brown and white sugar with molasses, water and vinegar in a saucepan.

2. 2

   Let it cook until it spins a thread, then add butter.

3. 3

   When the hard ball stage is reached, add soda and remove from fire.

4. 4

   Put hot syrup over the popped corn.

5. 5

   Wet the hands and press into balls.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delta Gamma cook book (1922), page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

k 1 cup white sugar butter size of walnut Boil until a soft ball in cold water. Pour onto a buttered platter and let stand until lukewarm. Then beat with a heavy spoon, adding a few drops of vanilla. When it begins to harden pour onto a board quickly and knead into a loaf. Nuts may be added at this time. Peppermint Drops 2 cups sugar Y2 cup water 10 drops oil of peppermint Put sugar and water on stove together over a steady fire. Boil for five minutes. Remove from the stove, add the oil of peppermint, beat until a httle cloudy and drop with a teaspoon on buttered paper. Jean Margaret Smith (Psi). Pinoche Loaf 2 cups brown sugar 13^ cups milk 2 cups white sugar small piece butter Boil until it forms soft ball in water. Let stand until cool, beat until it is stiff enough to handle, then pom- in onto bread board and knead, then form into a loaf. Add nuts while stirring if you wish. Grace C. Nelson (Lambda Nu). 240 DELTA GAMMA COOK BOOK Pinoche 4 cups brown sugar 1 cup condensed cream 2 cups English walnuts, slightly chopped Boil sugar and cream until the mixture forms a soft ball in water. Remove from fire and let stand in a pan of cold water for a few minutes. Then stir in the walnuts and beat until thick and creamy. Pour out on a buttered platter to harden. Jeannette Fox (Nu). Pop Corn Balls ^ cup light brown sugar 1 tablespoon vinegar ^ cup white sugar \^ cup butter Y2 cup molasses 34 teaspoon soda

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