Butter Taffy

Name: Butter Taffy
Ingredients: 2 cups light brown sugar; ¼ cup molasses; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 2 tablespoons water; ⅞ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup butter; 2 teaspoons vanilla

Ingredients

2 cups light brown sugar
¼ cup molasses
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons water
⅞ teaspoon salt
¼ cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla

Steps

Boil first five ingredients until, when tried in cold water mixture will become brittle. When nearly done, add butter, and just before turning into pan, vanilla. Cool, and mark in squares.

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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.