Pecan Candy

Ingredients

• three cups sugar
• one small can Carnation or Pet milk
• one cup dark Karo
• three cups pecans

Method

1. 1

   Pour over three cups sugar one small can Carnation or Pet milk, beat until light and frothy.

2. 2

   Add one cup dark Karo, mix thoroughly, boil until it begins to thicken, then stir in three cups pecans.

3. 3

   Syrup will become a little thinner after nuts are added.

4. 4

   When it thickens a second time, stir in a pinch of soda.

5. 5

   Watch and stir constantly as nuts will sink and burn.

6. 6

   Boil to soft ball stage, then beat very hard and pour on buttered platter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PECAN CANDY Two cups sugar, granulated, one cup sugar, one cup milk, one cup pecans, one tablespoon butter. Boil milk, sugar (two cups), pecans and butter for five minutes. Caramelize one cup sugar over low heat in large heavy pan. Add first mixture to caramelized sugar, continue to stir. Cook to soft ball stage. Remove, cool; beat until creamy. Drop like pralines on wax paper or any buttered surface. PECAN CANDY Pour over three cups sugar one small can Carnation or Pet milk, beat until light and frothy. Add one cup dark Karo, mix thoroughly, boil until it begins to thicken, then stir in three cups pecans

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