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Toffee Recipes

Grandma's Easy Pull Toffee Recipes Make Candy Perfect For Taffy Pulling


Have fun trying these old fashioned toffee recipes. Whether you call it "taffy" or "toffee," you will love this delicious homemade candy confection. And it's so much fun to make!

From the end of World War One and throughout the Great Depression, "taffy pulling" was a common, affordable form of Saturday night entertainment in many homes.

And can you ever forget the distinctive "swoosh" and "slap" sounds made when an experienced taffy puller at the county fair stretched and looped a five-foot length of sticky taffy over a large iron hook fastened to the corner of the concession stand? After watching it being made, you couldn't resist buying a piece. I know I couldn't.

That old-time pull toffee tasted so good. Now, you can make your own homemade toffee candy with these easy pull toffee recipes.

Experience An Old Fashioned Taffy Pull

Mom told me of the times in her family when they made homemade toffee using these pull toffee recipes. She and her brothers and sisters would divide into pairs, and each pair would take a big piece of toffee and pull it until it was almost pure white. Then they would quickly hand-roll it into thin strips and with scissors cut it into bite-sized pieces that they wrapped in tiny squares of waxed paper and sealed by twisting the ends.

Ever since I heard those wonderful family stories, I wondered what that old fashioned toffee would have tasted like. Now, thanks to these original toffee candy recipes, I can enjoy it anytime. And so can you! Make some toffee candy today and enjoy the nostalgic homemade candy taste.




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Vintage Pull Toffee Recipes

These old-time toffee recipes are taken from the book "Buckeye Cookery" published by Buckeye Publishing Company, Minneapolis, in 1877.

Buckeye candy recipes are well known for being delicious.


Molasses Candy Recipe

Take equal quantities brown sugar and Orleans molasses (or all molasses may be used), and one tablespoon sharp vinegar, and when it begins to boil, skim well and strain, return to the kettle and continue boiling until it becomes brittle if dipped in cold water, then pour on a greased platter.

As soon as cool enough, begin to throw up the edges and work, by pulling on hook or by hand, until bright and glistening like gold; flour the hands occasionally, draw into stick size, rolling them to keep round, until all is pulled out and cold.

Then with shears clip a little upon them at proper lengths for the sticks, and they will easily snap; flavor as you pour the candy out to cool. --Sterling Robinson

Aunt Top's Maple Nut Toffee

This toffee recipe calls for hickory nuts, but it is also delicious when made with peanuts, cashews, walnuts, or almonds. Brown sugar can be substituted for maple sugar if unavailable.

Two pints maple sugar, half pint water, or just enough to dissolve sugar; boil until it becomes brittle by dropping in cold water; just before pouring out add a tablespoon vinegar; having prepared the hickory nut meats, in halves if possible, butter well the pans, line with the meats, and pour the taffy over them.

Old-Time Vinegar Pull Toffee Recipe

This vinegar toffee candy recipe is taken from Mom's recipe scrapbook, circa 1929. It is originally from an old magazine clipping of unknown origin, dated 1915.

This is a perfect homemade candy recipe if you want to gather the family together for an old fashioned taffy pull.


Two cups granulated sugar, one-half cup water, two tablespoonfuls vinegar, one tablespoonful butter, one teaspoonful vanilla, one-half teaspoonful cream of tartar. Cook all ingredients except cream of tartar until a few drops will crack in cold water. Then add cream of tartar and pour on greased slab. Start to pull when cool enough to handle. Keep hands cool by washing frequently in cold water.

Velvet Molasses Pull Toffee Recipe

This vintage recipe for toffee candy is taken from "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" by Fannie Farmer, published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, in 1896. It makes a delicious, buttery-tasting toffee.

1 cup molasses, 3 cups sugar, 1 cup boiling water, 3 tablespoons vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1/4 teaspoon soda. Put first four ingredients in kettle placed over front of range. As soon as boiling-point is reached, add cream of tartar. Boil until, when tried in cold water, mixture will become brittle. Stir constantly during last part of cooking. When nearly done, add butter and soda.

Pour into a buttered pan and pull same as Molasses Candy. While pulling, add one teaspoon vanilla, one-half teaspoon lemon extract, few drops oil of peppermint, or few drops oil of wintergreen.

Molasses Pull Toffee Recipe

This molasses candy recipe is taken from the book "Practical Housewifery" by Marion Harland, published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, in 1874.

1 quart good molasses, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup sugar, butter the size of an egg, 1 teaspoonful saleratus (baking soda). Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar, mix with the molasses, and boil, stirring frequently, until it hardens when dropped from the spoon into cold water; then stir in the butter and soda, the latter dissolved in hot water. Flavor to your taste, give one hard final stir, and pour into buttered dishes.

As it cools, cut into squares for taffy, or, while soft enough to handle, pull white into sticks, using only the buttered tips of your fingers for that purpose.




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toffee recipes cookbook and rose These pull toffee recipes are very easy to make. Homemade toffee, sometimes called taffy, is incredibly delicious. It tastes far better than any you can buy in the stores.

Toffee making can be a fun activity for your whole family. Plan to have an old fashioned taffy pull this weekend.

You will also want to see Grandma's delicious homemade Taffy Recipes.




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