The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
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4
Butter Taffy  
cups light brown  
sugar  
2
2
tablespoons  
water  
/4 cup molasses  
/8 teaspoon salt  
tablespoons  
1
2
7
vinegar  
1
/4 cup butter  
2
teaspoons vanilla  
Boil first five ingredients until, when tried in cold water mixture will become brittle. When  
done, add butter, and just before turning into pan, vanilla. Cool, and mark in squares.  
nearly  
2
5
Horehound Candy  
3
/4 square inch pressed  
horehound  
2
cups boiling  
water  
cups sugar  
/2 teaspoon cream of tartar  
3
1
Pour boiling water over horehound which has been separated in pieces; let stand one minute,  
then strain through double cheese−cloth. Put into a granite kettle with remaining ingredients,  
and  
five  
boil until, when tried in cold water, mixture will become brittle. Turn into a buttered pan, cool  
slightly, then mark in small squares. Small square packages of horehound may be bought for  
cents.  
2
6
Chocolate Caramels  
2
1/2 tablespoons  
butter  
1
/2 cup milk  
2
cups molasses  
3
squares  
unsweetened  
chocolate  
1
cup brown  
sugar  
Chapter XXXIII − FANCY CAKES AND CONFECTIONS  
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