Title: MAPLE BRITTLE
Categories: Candies
Yield: 1 Servings
-------------------------------THE CANDY BOOK-------------------------------
3 c Maple sugar
1 c Cold water
1 c Molasses
1 tb Maple syrup
pn Cream of tartar
1/2 c Butter
2 ts Baking soda
1 tb Boiling water
1 ts Lemon extract
1 c Brazil-nut meats
Cook the sugar, water, malasses, syrup and cream of tartar to 300 F, or
to the hard-crack stage. Add the butter, boil for 4 minutes, then remove
from heat. Add the soda dissolved in boiling water and the lemon extract.
As soon as the mixture begins to foam, pour out in buttered platters,
spreading very thin. Sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
Shared by Pat Stockett, formatted for MM7 by Marge Nemeth.
