Velvet Molasses Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. molasses
3 c. sugar
1 c. boiling water
3 Tbsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 c. melted butter
1/4 tsp. soda

Preparation

Put molasses, sugar, boiling water and vinegar in saucepan. Bring to boil, then add cream of tartar.
Boil until mixture will become brittle when dropped into cold water.
Stir constantly during last part of cooking.
When nearly done, add butter and soda.
Turn into a buttered pan; as mixture cools around sides, fold toward center.
When cool enough to handle, pull until porous and light colored, allowing candy to come in contact with tips of fingers and thumbs, not to be squeezed in the hand.
While pulling, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract.