Grandma R's Honey Candy

I wrote to an Aunt to see if she had a recipe for Grandma R's honey candy, and she sent this reply:
I make it all the time and Grandma R made it so many, many times, it seems she always had a batch of honey candy ready.  It is very easy to make, except the part that is tricky is getting it cooked to the right degree..

It is:    1 cup honey

          1 cup sugar

          1 cup cream
Stir together in a heavy cooking pan and  bring it to a boil and then turn the heat down.  It needs to cook kind of slowly, so it won't scorch.  Do not stir it while it cooks.  Continue cooking it  and test it every once in awhile by dropping a little into a dish, or a cup with cold water in it.  Keep cooking it until that "test" candy is almost brittle.  The candy sample almost "cracks" when it hits the water. If it isn't cooked long enough, then it is flat and soft and not right.  If it cooks too long, and is very hard and brittle, it will be impossible to pull it and make it  turn out right.

After it has cooked to that brittle stage, pour it into a buttered dripper pan  (like a cake pan) to cool.

When it is cool enough to handle, you butter your hands and then scoop the candy out of the pan and begin to pull it.  You keep pulling it until it is quite firm and holds it's shape and is not at all runny.  In fact you pull it until it is very stiff and too hard to pull any more.  Then you make it into a long rope and lay it out on the (buttered) counter.  Get the scissors and cut it up before it gets any harder.  That's it.  Just cut it into bite size pieces. 

The pioneers made this candy all the time, only they didn't have honey as much and they made it with molasses.  I have done that, but it is not as good as honey candy.  It is an old family tradition recipe.   Good luck!  Hope it turns out good and you enjoy it.