OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES CANDY

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My Grandma Workman used to send this to us every Christmas, and I remember one year she wasn't able to and my Dad felt like it wasn't even Christmas. In the early days of Southern Utah, that was just about their only treat...corn bread and molasses. This candy tastes like molasses in hard candy form and that's basically what it...

Provided by Amy Alusa

Categories     Candies

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 c dark brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 c molasses
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp white vinegar
1 tsp baking soda

Steps:

  • 1. Stir the brown sugar, molasses, butter and vinegar together. Boil them to the hard ball stage (drop forms a hard ball in ice cold water). Add the baking soda and stir rapidly. Turn the mixture at once into a buttered shallow pan 8" square. If desired, spread chopped nuts over the top. Cool the candy and break it into pieces for serving.

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