Dessert
Molasses stick candy
Marion Harland’s original method for Molasses stick candy, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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- Boil together a pint of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of butter, a pound of brown sugar and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
- When a little hardens in iced water remove from the fire, and, as it cools, pull into long light strips with floured finger-tips.
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Boil together a pint of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of butter, a pound of brown sugar and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. When a little hardens in iced water remove from the fire, and, as it cools, pull into long light strips with floured finger-tips. Lay on waxed paper to harden.
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