1 cup sugar ¾ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES ⅛ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup butter ½ cup light cream 1 teaspoon vanilla Blanched, salted almonds
Mix first five ingredients in a saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cook over medium heat to 250° F. in winter or 255° F. in summer, or until syrup, when dropped in very cold water, forms a firm ball. Remove from heat. Add vanilla. Pour into a buttered cooky pan. Cool until candy can be handled. Cut into 1-inch squares. Place a whole almond in center of each square. Roll into balls between palms of hands, keeping almond in center. Wrap each piece in waxed paper.
2 tablespoons butter 1 cup sugar ½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES ¾ teaspoon soda 2 cups roasted peanuts
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add sugar and molasses. Mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, to 300° F. or until syrup, when dropped in very cold water, becomes brittle. Remove from heat. Stir in soda. Quickly add peanuts. Pour into 2 large, greased cooky pans. Lift edges and stretch candy as thin as possible when cool enough to handle. Break into pieces. Store in tightly closed jar or tin box.
1½ cups sugar ½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES ¼ cup water 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon ginger ½ teaspoon allspice ⅛ teaspoon cloves ¾ pound pecan _or_ walnut meats
Mix first four ingredients in a saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cook over medium heat to 245° F. or until syrup, when dropped in cold water, forms a firm ball. Remove from heat. Add spices. Stir until syrup begins to grain. Add nuts and stir until all nuts are coated with syrup and well grained. Before coating hardens, separate each nut; place on waxed paper to cool. Store in tightly closed jar or tin box.
1½ cups dried bread crumbs ⅛ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon ¼ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES 2 tablespoons butter _or_ margarine, melted 3 tablespoons GRANDMA’S MOLASSES 2½ cups (No. 2 can) sweetened applesauce
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Mix together first five ingredients. Pat ½ of crumb mixture over bottom of a greased 6x10x2-inch baking pan. Bake 10 minutes. Mix molasses and applesauce; pour over baked crumbs. Cover with remaining crumbs. Bake 20 minutes or until crumbs are brown. Serve plain, with lemon sauce, or with whipped cream.
