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ness. Filling : Take 2 cups granulated sugar and % cup rich milk, 

 1 cup pecan kernels. Cook milk and sugar to soft ball stage, beat 

 until creamy, add nuts and flavoring, and when cool enough spread 

 on cake. 



Pecan Boiled Icing: Two cups granulated sugar, % cup water, 

 whites 2 eggs, 1 cup pecan kernels, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Boil sugar 

 and water to soft ball stage, then pour on beaten whites of eggs, 

 add flavoring and nuts, and beat until cool ; then spread on cake. 



CANDY 



Pecan Pralines: Take 1 pound of brown sugar, % pound pecan 

 kernels, a tablespoon water. Cook sugar and water, stirring con- 

 stantly, until it spins threads when poured from spoon. Then pour 

 over little piles or heaps of pecan kernels arranged over a greased 

 marble slab. 



Pecan Fudge: Three cups brown sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon 

 butter, 1 cup chopped pecans. Boil sugar and milk until the mixture 

 will harden when dropped in a cup of cold water; add butter and 

 nuts; then boil 4 minutes longer, beat until creamy, and pour into 

 buttered tins. 



Pecan Balls: Take all the broken pieces of nut kernels, chop 

 them up, mix with fondant, and roll into balls. When dry dip into 

 melted chocolate. 



Pecan Chocolate Fudge: Two cups sugar, 1 cup milk, % cup 

 cocoa, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup pecan kernels. 

 Boil without stirring until the soft ball stage, then add vanilla and 

 nuts, and beat until almost hard. Pour on greased tins and cut into 

 squares. 



Pecan Divinity Fudge: Two cups sugar, % cup cold water, i/^ cup 

 corn sirup, whites of 2 eggs, 1 cup chopped pecan kernels. Boil 

 sugar, water and sirup until the soft ball stage is reached, then 

 pour the mixture on the whites of eggs, beaten stiff, then add nuts 

 and beat until cool. Pour into a deep buttered pan and cut in 

 squares when hard. 



Pecan Balls: Take % cup water, 1 cup sugar, % cup white karo 

 sirup, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cook until sirup threads well, drop in 

 pecans, make into balls. 



Frosted Pecans: Take % cup sugar, 2 tablespoons water. Let cook 

 until it ropes, add 1 cup pecans, stir until pecans are all frosted. 



