APPLES ON A STICK

"Kids call the sticky sticks."

1 cup Gold Label Brer Rabbit Molasses
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. cider vinegar
1/3 tsp. salt
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp. butter
2 small apples

Combine first 5 ingredients. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, to 270 degrees F (until a small quantity dropped in cold water forms hard ball).

Remove from heat; add butter. Dip apples into syrup, covering entire surface. Place on waxed paper to cool. Insert wooden stick for holder.

Makes 16
From: Recipelink.com
Adapted from source: Brer Rabbit Book of Molasses Magic, First Printing, October 1956, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc.