Maple brittle

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       Title: MAPLE BRITTLE
  Categories: Candies
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
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       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.
  
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