Pecan Fondant

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1.5 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups pecan meats, chopped

Method

No method was recorded for this recipe.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook ingredients together without stirring until they form a soft ball when dropped in water. Cool and beat until creamy. Add chopped nuts and vanilla. Pour on a buttered dish and cut in one-inch squares when cool. Grandmother's Caramels 3 cups brown sugar 1 cup melted butter y% cup milk % cup scraped chocolate Combine all ingredients and cook slowly until a hard ball forms when tried in water. When done add one teaspoon vanilla and pour into greased pan. When cool, cut in squares. This candy is very apt to burn if not watched closely. Pear Chips 4 pounds pears, sliced 3l/2 pounds sugar 2 lemons, sliced l/2 strip crystallized ginger, chopped 4 cups water Make a syrup of the sugar and water, add the spices and pears and boil the fruit for 1 hour. Pour into jelly glasses and seal. Pecan Fondant 3 cups sugar 1 cup water 1V-2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon salt 2 cups pecan meats, chopped

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