1 cupful molasses 1 cupful brown sugar

1 tablespoonful vinegar

2 tablespoonfuls butter

Measuring cup

Tablespoon

Saucepan

Pans

Glass or cup

Take a large saucepan and put into it 1 cupful of molasses, 1 cupful of brown sugar, 1 table-spoonful of vinegar, and 2 tablespoonfuls of butter.

Set the saucepan on a hot part of the stove and when the mixture boils, look at the clock and let it boil for about 15 minutes.

Test a spoonful of it in a glass of cold water. If the mixture becomes hard and breakable at once, it is done. It should be much harder than the peppermint syrup.

Rub a shallow baking tin with butter and into this pour the mixture at once.

Put the pan in a cool place.

As soon as the mixture is cold enough to touch without burning your fingers, spoon out pieces as big as your fist and have each person take one of the pieces.

Pull it apart with your two hands and twist it, and pull it, until it gets a nice light yellow and is so stiff that you can't pull it any more.

Twist it into long thin ropes and let them get entirely hard on buttered plates in the ice chest. Then break into short pieces for eating.

This makes enough for four children to pull.

It is very important to have your hands clean before you begin pulling the candy.