Hickory Nut Candy

Ingredients

• 1 cup hickory nuts (meats)
• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup water

Method

1. 1

   Boil sugar and water, without stirring, until thick enough to spin a thread; flavor with extract lemon or vanilla.

2. 2

   Set off into cold water; stir quickly until white; then stir in nuts; turn into flat tin; when cold cut into small squares.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The royal baker and pastry cook (1902) by New York Cooking School, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Hickory Nut Candy. — 1 cup hickory nuts (meats), 2 cups sugar, hi cup water. Boil sugar and water, without stirring, until thick enough to spin a thread ; flavor with extract lemon or vanilla. Set off into cold water; stir quickly until white; then stir in nuts; turn into flat tin ; when cold cut into small squares. Chocolate Caramels. — 2 cups molasses, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup cream or milk, Mj pound chocolate, piece of butter size of an egg. Beat all together ; boil until it thickens in water ; turn into large flat tins, well buttered. When nearly cold, cut into small squares. Ice Cream Candy. — 3 cups ‘sugar, crushed or cut loaf, a little less than Mj cup vinegar, 1 Mt cups cold water, piece of butter size of a wal- nut, flavor with extract vanilla. Boil until it hardens, then pull until white. Molasses Candy. — 3 cups yellow coffee sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup water,

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