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DATE LOAF CANDY Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 c sugar
⅛ t salt
1 T Karo™
1 - 8 oz. package pitted dates, chopped
1 c milk
1 T butter
1 c chopped nuts
1 t vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
In heavy large saucepan, combine sugar, Karo, salt and milk. Stir over low heat, not letting it boil, until sugar is dissolved. Raise heat to medium and bring to boil. Add chopped dates and continue to boil until it reaches the soft ball stage (238° F.). Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla and pecans. Cool to lukewarm. Tear off sheet of waxed paper and have ready for rolling the candy (or do the old-Texas way of soaking a clean non-terry cloth dish towel in cold water and wring it out). Beat candy with large spoon until mixture becomes creamy and starts to thicken like fudge. Pour mixture out on waxed paper or damp dish towel and roll up into long roll about 1½" in diameter. Allow to harden. It may be refrigerated to speed process. Then unroll and cut into slices.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Thanks to Epicurious.com and MDELNO for additional information needed to complete this recipe. This recipe is an old-fashioned Texas recipe, also popular in Mexico.

 

 

 

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