Old Fashioned Date Nut Roll Recipes

GREAT-GRANDMA CATHY'S DATE LOAF CANDY

Steps:

• Stir sugar, milk, and butter together in a saucepan; bring to a boil without stirring once the boiling begins. Heat until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball or until the mixture reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C), about 20 minutes. Immediately remove saucepan from heat and stir dates, pecans, and vanilla into the milk mixture.
• Thoroughly wet a piece of cheesecloth and lay out onto a flat work surface. Pour the candy mixture into the middle of the cloth and roll the cloth around it to shape into a log.
• Refrigerate until hard, 8 hours to overnight. Remove log from cloth and slice.

DATE NUT ROLL RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine sugar milk and butter in a heavy saucepan. Cook to soft ball stage add dates; continue cooking and stirring until candy becomes very thick the bubbles will pop with a hissing sound and the mixture will follow the spoon remove from heat add nuts and coconut stir until mixture has consistency of a soft cookie dough turn out cloth dipped in cold water form into 2 long rolls about 1-½ in. in diameter cool cut into slices wrap in waxed paper this kind of candy will freeze well and will keep for several weeks in refrigerator.