Recipe - Date Loaf Candy

3 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Milk
1 pack (8oz) dates; chopped
2 cup Broken pecans

Combine sugar, milk & dates. Cook over medium heat & stir almost constantly
until mixture reaches soft ball stage (234 degrees). (This soft ball will
not roll off your finger.) Remove from heat & stir in butter & pecans &
beat until very thick & creamy. Pour onto a damp cloth (not a terry cloth)
& roll up & shape into a long roll. Leave rolled up in cloth until cool &
firm. Unroll & slice.

MRS. LOUIS ALPE

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.