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Sweets/Treats Molasses Candy

molasses candy
(from The Great Western Cook Book, Or Table Receipts: Adapted to Western Housewifery, by Anna Maria Collins, 1857)

Ingredients:

1 quart molassas​
1 tsp. saleratus​
butter​
nuts or popped corn optional​

Instructions:

Boil a quart of molasses half an hour; add a tea-spoonful of saleratus, to make it stiff and brittle; boil it until it is stiff enough to pull; butter a dish, pour it in, and let it get cool; pull it in a cool place. You may add any kind of nuts, or popped corn.​
 
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