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Cocoanut Candy

From How we cook in Tennessee .., 1906

Serves 12

Cut when nearly cold.

Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from How we cook in Tennessee .. (1906) by Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society., page 160. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cocoanut Candy. — Two pounds of white sugar, three-quarters pint of water. Boil until it will string (as for icing). Add pinch of cream of tartar, one heaping tablespoonful of shaved paraffine. When this is thoroughly dissolved add one grated cocoanut

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