With well-greased fingers she pulled the candy quickly, then cut into small pieces or short sticks with the scissors.
Chocolate Taffy
| Sugar (granulated), | 1 cup |
| Corn Syrup, | 1 cup |
| Milk, | ½ cup |
| Butter, | ½ cup |
| Chocolate, | 2 squares |
This Betsey found to be delicious. She cooked all of the ingredients together, and when a little of the candy, dropped in cold water, was quite hard, she poured it into the buttered pan. When the candy was cool Betsey marked it into squares.
Most little girls like molasses candy and Betsey was no exception; she thought the recipes that follow were the best of the kind she had ever tasted.
Molasses Candy
| Molasses, | 1 cup |
| Sugar (granulated), | 1 cup |
| Butter, | Size of an egg |
| Vinegar, | 1 tablespoon |
| Baking soda, | 1 teaspoon |
Betsey put all the above named ingredients except the soda into her saucepan to boil. When a little of the syrup, dropped in cold water, became brittle, she took the saucepan off the stove, and added the soda; then she poured the candy into the buttered pan.
When it was cool enough to handle Betsey greased her fingers and pulled the candy until it was a shiny golden brown, then with the scissors cut it into short sticks.