12/30/2023 0 Comments Now and later candy recipeYears ago and today, most people think that you cannot make this candy when it is raining or humid outside. Many years later, we now know that this is not necessary. Many years ago candy makers thought the only way to get this candy to turn out perfect was to stand outside in freezing cold temperatures to pull it. Kentucky Cream Pull Candy is cooked to a hard-ball stage, poured onto a very cold marble slab, and when cooled enough to handle, is pulled like Taffy and stretched into a long piece of candy with ridges on the top and cut into pieces with scissors. Mom Blakeman’s Candy is still sold today here in Kentucky. She made it available to the patrons at her restaurant. Maxine (Mom) Blakeman from Lancaster Kentucky, started making the candy from her home in the 1940s. Today, you can visit and purchase Ruth Hunt candies in two locations, Mt. She was also known for her creation of the Blue Monday, cream candy that had been dipped in chocolate. She later found a permanent shop to sell her candy in 1930. She sold it by word of mouth until her business outgrew itself. Sterling Kentucky started making the candy from the basement of her home in 1921. Rebecca Ruth Candies is still well-known today for their candies here in Kentucky. I have a picture of Ruth Hanly Booe pulling the candy outside in her yard in 1923. Rebecca Gooch later sold her half of the business to Ruth Hanly Booe. Ruth Hanly Booe and Rebecca Gooch, two substitute school teachers in Louisville Kentucky, opened their own business in 1919, Rebecca Ruth Candies, in Frankfort Kentucky. There are four women in Kentucky who were all well-known for making this delicious confection… What we do know is that it appears to have originated somewhere in central Kentucky and it dates back to at least the early 1900s or before. No one knows exactly when the first batch of Kentucky Cream Pull Candy was made or who created the recipe. You’ll keep going back for more until you make yourself sick. When you eat a piece you will totally savor it as it slowly melts on your tongue and you’ll moan in great pleasure. I promise that if you have a chance to eat one piece of this melt in your mouth divine bite of heaven, you’ll want to know how to make it, and I want to make sure you know how to make it. This is the most delicious candy you will ever put in your mouth.I’ll be posting the Vinegar Taffy recipe soon, to clear up all confusion between the two. This candy has a consistency of Taffy when it’s first made but changes to a creamy melt in your mouth texture overnight. It’s Taffy and this recipe is Cream Candy. They look-alike but Vinegar Taffy is different. I want to clarify the confusion that I see on Pinterest between Kentucky Cream Pull Candy and Vinegar Taffy.As I have mentioned on my home page, I want to revive the old recipes and not let them be forgotten, especially the great ones. It is an old-time recipe that goes back to at least the early 1900s or before.I want to share this recipe with you for several reasons… It’s made of sugar, pure vanilla, and heavy whipping cream…shall I say more! This creamy yet airy candy simply melts in your mouth. If you have never had a piece of Kentucky Cream Pull Candy, you truly don’t know what you’ve been missing, and if you have had this wonderful candy, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Okay my friends, as you know I’m from Kentucky, and I’m about to share with you my most favorite of all candy recipes and it originated right here in Kentucky.
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