Name: Everton Taffy, or Butter-Scotch
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cupfuls of sugar; 2 cupfuls of dark molasses; 1 cupful of cold butter; 1 lemon; 1 slow fire until it hardens when dropped in cold water

Original Recipe

Two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of dark molasses, one cupful of cold butter, grated rind of half a lemon. Boil over a slow fire until it hardens when dropped in cold water. Pour thinly into tins well buttered, and mark into inch squares before it cools.

2 cupfuls of sugar
2 cupfuls of dark molasses
1 cupful of cold butter
1 lemon
1 slow fire until it hardens when dropped in cold water

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Two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of dark molasses, one cupful of cold butter, grated rind of half a lemon.
2

Boil over a slow fire until it hardens when dropped in cold water.
3

Pour thinly into tins well buttered, and mark into inch squares before it cools.

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