Taffy

Ingredients

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon Virginia Dare extract vanilla
• 1 teaspoonful vinegar
• Butter size of an egg

Method

1. 1

   Put all in a pan and stir until sugar is dissolved.

2. 2

   Do not stir after the syrup begins to boil.

3. 3

   Cook until it will form a firm ball when dropped in cold water.

4. 4

   Then put in the vanilla and pour the candy in a greased platter to cool.

5. 5

   When almost cold, take out and pull until white.

6. 6

   Cut in small pieces.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Raleigh recipe book (1925) by Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Ladies, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TAFFY CANDY 2 cups brown sugar 2 tablespoons water 8 tablespoons molasses 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons vinegar V2 teaspoon soda Put first four ingredients in kettle and boil until when tried in cold water the mixture will become brittle. Then add butter and lastly the soda. Pour on buttered plates, and when cold enough to handle pull until porus and a light color. Pull out in a long rope and cut in small pieces with knife or scissors. This will fill two plates. Mrs. R. D. W. Connor, Chapel Hill, N. C. 83 TAFFY 2 cups granulated sugar I/2 cup water 1 cup molasses I/2 teaspoon Virginia Dare ex- 1 teaspoonful vinegar tract vanilla Butter size of an egg

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