Butter Scotch

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 tablespoons boiling water
• ½ cup butter

Steps

1. Boil ingredients together until, when tried in cold water, mixture will become brittle. Turn into a well buttered pan; when slightly cool, mark with a sharp-pointed knife in squares. This candy is much improved by cooking a small piece of vanilla bean with other ingredients.

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.