Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

by American Molasses Company

MOLASSES LOLLIPOPS

1 cup sugar

½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup water

Combine all ingredients in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cook slowly to hard-crack stage (290° F.) or until syrup, when dropped in cold water, forms a hard, stiff ball. Drop from tablespoon onto end of wooden skewers arranged on buttered pan. Remove from pan when cold.

YIELD: About 20 lollipops.