Great-Grandma Cathy's Date Loaf Candy recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar 1 cup milk ¼ cup butter 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped pecans 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Nutrition Info
- 334.5 caloriescarbohydrate: 56.1 gcholesterol: 14.2 mgfat: 13 gfiber: 2.5 gprotein: 2.3 gsaturatedFat: 3.9 gservingSize: -sodium: 43.1 mgsugar: 52.9 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Great-Grandma Cathy's Date Loaf Candy
Directions
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Stir sugar, milk, and butter together in a saucepan, bring to a boil without stirring once the boiling begins. Heat until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball or until the mixture reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C), about 20 minutes. Immediately remove saucepan from heat and stir dates, pecans, and vanilla into the milk mixture.
Thoroughly wet a piece of cheesecloth and lay out onto a flat work surface. Pour the candy mixture into the middle of the cloth and roll the cloth around it to shape into a log.
Refrigerate until hard, 8 hours to overnight. Remove log from cloth and slice.