Molasses Candy

Original Ingredients

• one quart of West India molasses
• one cupful of brown sugar
• a piece of butter the size of half an egg
• half a teaspoonful of baking soda

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Put molasses, brown sugar, and butter into a six-quart kettle

2. 2

   Let it boil over a slack fire until it begins to look thick, stirring it often to prevent burning

3. 3

   Test it by taking some out and dropping a few drops in a cup of cold water. If it hardens quickly and breaks short between the teeth it is boiled enough

4. 4

   Now put in half a teaspoonful of baking soda, and stir it well

5. 5

   Pour it out into well-buttered flat tins

6. 6

   When partly cooled, take up the candy with your hands well buttered then pull and double, and so on, until the candy is a whitish yellow

7. 7

   It may be cut in strips and rolled or twisted

8. 8

   If flavoring is desired, drop the flavoring on the top as it begins to cool, and when it is pulled, the whole will be flavored