great-grandma cathy's date loaf candy

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs 30 mins


• 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 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.