Caramels With Pecans

1 1/2 lbs. chocolate.

2 cups picked pecans.

3 cups sugar.

1 cup cream.

2 teaspoons butter.

Moisten chocolate and sugar with cream, stir in butter, cook 10 minutes, then stir in pecans and cook 5 minutes longer. Pour on buttered platter and cut into squares.

Chocolate Caramels

1/2 lb. grated chocolate. 1 1/2 lbs. brown sugar. 4 ozs. butter.

1 glass cream or sweet milk.

1 teaspoon vanilla,

2 tablespoons molasses.

Mix all together and boil 20 minutes. Test by dropping a little in cold water, until it hardens; then pour into a buttered plate and set aside to get cold. When cold cut into squares.

Mixed Paste

1/2 pt. chopped dried figs. 1/2 lb. grated cocoanut. 1 cup molasses.

1 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon butter. 1 teaspoon vinegar.

Cook sugar, molasses, vinegar and butter until it hard-ens when dropped in water, then stir in cocoanut and figs and pour on buttered plate. Cut into strips.

Nougat

4 cups granulated sugar.

2 cups picked and chopped pecans.

Put sugar in sauce pan and cook and stir until it burns brown, when burnt mix in pecans, put on buttered marble and roll with rolling pin buttered, when nearly cold cut into strips and wrap each strip in oil paper.

Pecan Paste

1 cup granulated sugar.

1 cup molasses.

2 cups shelled pecans.

1 teaspoon butter. 1 tablespoon vinegar.

Put sugar and molasses on to boil. While boiling add butter and vinegar. Test by dropping a little in water. When cooked put in buttered shallow dish which has been covered with pecans. Cut into oblong pieces.

Pop Corn Balls

1 qt. pop corn, popped. 1/2 cup molasses.

1/2 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon butter.

Boil the sugar, molasses and butter together, when it becomes nearly hard stir in the pop corn. Mold into balls while hot

Cocoanut Pralines

4 cups sugar.

1 grated cocoanut.

1 1/2 cups water.

Boil sugar and water until it will turn hard when dropped into water, then put in cocoanut and stir until it commences to turn to sugar. Drop with a large spoon on a damp board or marble.

Pecan Pralines

2 1/2 cups picked pecans. 1 teaspoon butter.

2 1/2 cups dark brown sugar,

Moisten sugar and boil until it becomes a thick cyrup, then add the butter and pecans, stir until it commences to granulate. Drop one spoonful at a time into small buttered saucers or pans.

Salted Almonds, Pecans Ok Peanuts

2 pts. shelled almonds.

4 tablespoons olive oil or butter.

2 tablespoons salt.

Blanch almonds and dry in cloth. Put into a baking pan and place in oven, when they commence to brown add oil and salt, cook a few minutes longer. Sift when cold.

Sugar Candy

3 pts. sugar.

1/2 pt. cold water.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

1 wine glass vinegar. 1 tablespoon butter.

Boil all the above ingredients together until cooked. Test by dropping a little in cold water, when it becomes hard, it is ready to pull. When cooked pull and make into sticks.

Sugared Figs

4 lbs. figs.

1 piece vanilla bean.

4 lbs. sugar.

Put figs in lime water several hours before cooking. Par boil figs in a light syrup. Make a heavy syrup of the sugar and vanilla bean, then stir in figs and let cook until it granulates, take out and put on a plate and put in the sun for several days to thoroughly dry.

Sugared Pumpkin

4 lbs. sugar.

1 piece vanilla bean.

4 lbs. pumpkin.

Peel pumpkin and put in lime water several hours be-fore cooking. Par boil strips of pumpkin in a light syrup. Make a very heavy syrup of 4 lbs. sugar and vanilla bean, then stir in pumpkin and let cook until it granulates, take out and put on a plate in the sun for several days.

Sugared Pecans

5 lbs. picked pecans. 3 lbs. granulated sugar.

1 pt. water.

2 teaspoons vanilla.

Pick pecans as near whole as possible. Make a syrup of sugar, water and vanilla, and boil until it becomes hard when dropped into water. When cooked put in pecans and stir until it granulates. When cold sift the loose sugar from them. Pecans browned in oven before putting into sugar is best, as it keeps them from discoloring.

Sugared Rose Leaves Or Violets

2 cups granulated sugar. 1/2 cup water. 2 cups violets.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

2 cups rose leaves, or

Boil sugar and water until it becomes a heavy syrup, add vanilla, and stir until it granulates, then put in flowers and mix until all is sugared. When cold sift loose sugar from them.

Vanilla Or Lemon Taffy

2 cups granulated sugar.

1 teaspoon butter.

1/2 tablespoon vanilla or lemon.

1 tablespoon vinegar. 6 tablespoons water.

Moisten sugar with water and let boil, add vinegar while boiling. When cooked put in the vanilla or lemon. Test by dropping a little in water. Put on buttered plate and as soon as cold enough, pull until thoroughly white. Cut into sticks or small pieces.