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.
YIELD: 1¼ pounds.