Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1912 — TO MAKE MOUSSES CANDY [ARTICLE]

TO MAKE MOUSSES CANDY

Recipe That Comes Direct From Louisiana, the Home of This Delicious Confection. Louisiana Is rightly the home of molasses candy, for it was right hero (where sugar was first raised in the United States, and molasses, sweet and health giving, was first given to the world) that molasses candy, or “candle tire,” as the Creoles call it, had its birth. “Candie tire” parties, or molasses candy pullings, were among the pleasurable incidents of life among the early belles and beaux. Take one quart of molasses, one tablespoonful butter, one pound granulated sugar, two tablespoonfuls vinegar, onehalf teaspoonful soda and the juice of one lemon. Boil the molasses and sugar until it becomes thick when dropped Into water. Add the vinegar, lemon and butter. Boil until -it hardens when dropped Into water, stir in a small half teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda, and pour fnto buttered tins, and as soon as it begins to cool, sufficiently, pull until white. Moisten the handß, while pulling, with ice water or butter. The sticks may be single, twisted, braided or flattened, according to taste.