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CURRANT DROPS.
Use currant-juice, instead of water, to moisten a quantity of sugar. Put it in a
pan and heat, stirring constantly; be sure not to let it boil; then mix a very
little more sugar, let it warm with the rest a moment; then, with a smooth
stick, drop on paper
LEMON DROPS.
Upon a coffee-cupful of finely powdered sugar, pour just enough lemon-juice to
dissolve it, and boil it to the consistency of thick syrup, and so that it
appears brittle when dropped in cold water. Drop this on buttered plates in
drops; set away to cool and harden.
NUT MOLASSES CANDY.
When making molasses candy, add any kind of nuts you fancy; put them in after
the syrup has thickened, and is ready to take from the fire; pour out on
buttered tins. Mark it off in squares before it gets too cool. Peanuts should be
fresh roasted and then tossed in a sieve, to free them of their inner skins.
SUGAR NUT CANDY.
Three pounds of white sugar; half a pint of water; half a pint of vinegar; a
quarter of a pound of butter; one pound of hickory-nut kernels. Put the sugar,
butter, vinegar and water together into a thick sauce-pan. When it begins to
thicken, add the nuts. To test it, take up a very small quantity as quickly as
possible directly from the centre, taking care not to disturb it any more than
is necessary. Drop it into cold water, and remove from the fire the moment the
little particles are brittle. Pour into buttered plates. Use any nuts with this
recipe.
COCOANUT CANDY.
One cocoanut, one and one-half pounds of granulated sugar. Put sugar and milk of
cocoanut together, heat slowly until the sugar is melted, then boil five
minutes; add cocoanut (finely grated), boil ten minutes longer, stir constantly
to keep from burning. Pour on buttered plates, cut in squares. Will take about
two days to harden. Use prepared cocoanut when other cannot be had.
BUTTER-SCOTCH.
Three cupfuls of white sugar, half a cupful of water, half a cupful of vinegar,
or half a teaspoonful of cream tartar; a tablespoonful of butter and eight drops
of extract of lemon. Boil without stirring, till it will snap and break. Just
before taking from the fire, add a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda; pour into
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