Date loaf candy
24 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 1 | pack | (8-oz) dates; chopped |
| 2 | cups | Broken pecans |
Directions
Combine sugar, milk & dates. Cook over medium heat & stir almost constantly until mixture reaches soft ball stage (234 degrees). (This soft ball will not roll off your finger.) Remove from heat & stir in butter & pecans & beat until very thick & creamy. Pour onto a damp cloth (not a terry cloth) & roll up & shape into a long roll. Leave rolled up in cloth until cool & firm. Unroll & slice.
MRS. LOUIS ALPE
From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .