Velvet Molasses Candy

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 tablesp vinegar
• 1/2 teasp cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/4 teasp soda
• 1 teasp vanilla
• 1/2 teasp lemon extract

Method

1. 1

   Put over the fire in a kettle, molasses, sugar, boiling water, and vinegar.

2. 2

   When it reaches boiling, add cream of tartar and boil until brittle in cold water.

3. 3

   Stir constantly, then add melted butter and soda.

4. 4

   Pour on a buttered plate, and when cool enough, pull and work in vanilla and lemon extract.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Velvet Molasses Candy Put over the fire, in a granite-ware kettle, 1 cup molasses, 3 cups sugar, 1 cup boiling water, and 3 tablesp vinegar. When it reaches the boiling point, add i/^ teasp cream of tartar, and boil until, when a little is dropped in cold water,, it will become brittle. Stir constantly, and when nearly done, add V2 cup melted butter and i/4 teasp soda. Pour on a but- tered pie plate, and when cool enough to handle, pull, same as directed in recipe for plain molasses candy, working in, while pulling 1 teasp vanilla and i/^ teasp lemon extract

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