Old-Fashioned Molasses Taffy

Mix together all ingredients except baking soda.

Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.

Bring to boil, without stirring further, until it reaches hard ball stage (265°—when a small piece dropped into cold water forms a hard ball).

Remove from heat and stir in soda.

Pour into long buttered baking pan.

Butter hands.

When taffy is cool enough to handle (it may still cause blisters!

), cut off long pieces and pull with partner until it become satiny, stiff, and light in color.

Finished strips should be about ½” wide.

Cut in 1½” lengths and wrap individual pieces in waxed paper.