Pauline Mcginnis' Collard Candy
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1 pound collard leaves, washed and dried
- Melt butter in a heavy pot. Do not boil or let it burn. Add sugar and vinegar. Stir with a wooden paddle until the sugar is dissolved, then boil without stirring until a drop will become brittle in cold water, like sweet gum cracks. Have a big platter buttered and turn candy onto it immediately. As the candy cools, fold edges into the center. When it is cool enough to handle, butter your fingers and pull the whole batch until it is full of little holes and light white in color. Make a long rope out of the candy, then take shears and cut off little snips. Let it fall onto the buttered plate or piece of marble slab. When it is cold, wrap two pieces in a piece of collard leaf until all is wrapped.
butter, sugar, white vinegar, collard
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pauline-mcginnis-collard-candy-5b9eab8e07bb966726f1fe0c (may not work)