Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

by American Molasses Company

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.

LADS AND LASSES TAFFY

1 cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

Combine all ingredients in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cook over medium heat until syrup, when dropped in very cold water, separates into threads which are hard but not brittle (270° F.). Stir constantly. Pour onto greased cooky pan or platter. As edges cool, fold toward center or they will harden before center is ready to pull. (DO NOT DISTURB THAT PART OF TAFFY WHICH HAS NOT COOLED OR CANDY WILL STICK TO PAN). Fold into ball when candy is cool enough to handle. Pull with lightly buttered fingers until candy is light in color. Stretch into a long rope, ½ inch wide. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Wrap each piece of taffy in waxed paper.