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Molasses Candy (II)

Julia French.

One cup molasses, one cup sugar, one tablespoon vinegar, piece of butter size of an egg; boil (but do not stir) until it hardens when dropped in cold water; then stir in a teaspoon of soda, and pour on buttered tins; when cool, pull and cut in sticks.

Or, two cups sugar, two tablespoons vinegar, boil; when done add a teaspoon soda, cool and pull, or cut in squares without pulling; do not stir while it is boiling.

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