Old Fashioned Butter Taffy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups light brown sugar
1 1/4 cups molasses
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Boil all ingredients except the butter and vanilla together until the syrup forms a hard ball when you place a drop in cold water.
Then add the butter and continue cooking until the mixture becomes brittle. Remove from the stove, add vanilla and pour into a buttered flat baking pan.
When it is nearly cool, mark it with squares.