The great thing about many old recipes is their simplicity. This recipe for maple creams is very easy to make and it was published during World War I. Note that the candy was cooked over a fire or wood stove.
Recipe for Maple Creams
Boil together 2 cups of maple sugar, 1 cup of cream or 1 cup of milk and 1 teaspoon of butter. Stir constantly until the syrup will string from the tip of a spoon.
Add 2 cups of chopped nuts – black walnuts preferred – and remove the kettle from the fire.
Stir until almost too stiff to pour, then spread on a well buttered platter.
The candy is not spoiled if the milk curdles when it is mixed with the sugar. Part of the candy can be shaped into balls and dipped in melted chocolate.
Source: The Day Book. Chicago, Ill. April 30, 1917.
