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Cane Syrup Candy (Daddy made this candy when we were little. Mama always said she couldn't make it as well as he did.)
All I remember is he would take cane syrup and cook it slow over low heat until it would spin a thread; then let it cool enough to handle and put a little baking soda in it and pull it until it got golden and twist it or whatever and keep pulling until you wanted to break it into short pieces. He would put peanuts in just long enough for them to start popping the skins off (if he put any at all and pour it into a well buttered pan.)
--submitted by Rita Lewis
Ingredients:
1 stick of margarine (softened)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 boxes confectioners sugar
2 cups coconut
2 cups finely chopped pecans
Directions:
Cream together good: milk, sugar & margarine. Add all other ingredients. Chill for a while.
Over boiling water (in double boiler) melt: 1 box of paraffin and 1 box of baking chocolate.
Take chilled candy and roll into balls and drop one at a time into warm chocolate mix until
covered. Drop onto waxed paper to cool. Store in tight container.
--submitted by Rita Lewis
Pralines
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
¾ cup light brown sugar
½ cup milk
1 ½ cups pecans
Directions:
Combine all ingredients.
Bring to soft boil stage (238-240 degrees).
Remove from heat and stir until mixture cools and thickens.
Spoon out on buttered waxed paper or aluminum foil.
--submitted by Elaine Lester