[Southern Belle 2067]

Old-Fashioned Molasses Taffy

This a fun recipe to make but be forewarned that the old-time taffy pulling calls for lots of strong arms.

1 cup molasses
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cups water

Combine the molasses, butter, sugar, corn syrup and water in a large saucepan and cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved.

Cook rapidly until mixture begins to thicken. Lower heat slightly and cook until a little of the mixture dropped into cold water forms a hard ball. (About 25*). Turn out slowly onto lightly buttered slab.

When cool enough to handle, butter hands lightly and pull the candy until light in color and too hard to pull. (This can take up 20 minutes, depending on the cooking, weather and how well you pull. The candy will go from being sticky to opaque to elastic).

Stretch out into a long rope about 1/2"n diameter. cut with scissors into 1" pieces. Wrap in waxed paper.