Candy Roley Foley

Ingredients

• half a pint of citron
• half a pint of raisins
• half a pound of figs
• a quarter of a pound of shelled almonds
• one pint of peanuts before they are hulled
• two pounds of coffee-sugar
• a piece of butter as large as a walnut

Method

1. 1

   Cut up the fruits and nuts, moisten coffee-sugar with vinegar, stew until it hardens, then mix in fruits and nuts.

2. 2

   Pour into a wet cloth and roll up.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 292. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CANDY ROLEY FOLEY. Take half a pint of citron, half a pint of raisins, half a pound of figs, a quarter of a pound of shelled almonds, one pint of peanuts before they are hulled ; cut up the citron, stone the raisins, blanch the almonds, and hull the peanuts ; cut up the figs into small bits. Take two pounds of coffee- sugar and moisten with vinegar; put in a piece of butter as large as a walnut

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.