1 cup sugar
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
3 tablespoons butter _or_ margarine
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup water
Combine all ingredients in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir until sugar is
dissolved. Cook slowly to hard-crack stage (290° F.) or until syrup,
when dropped in cold water, forms a hard, stiff ball. Drop from
tablespoon onto end of wooden skewers arranged on buttered pan. Remove
from pan when cold.
YIELD: About 20 lollipops.