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Ingredients
| granulated sugar: 3 cups (divided) |
| whole milk: 1 cup |
| baking soda: 1/8 tsp |
| salted butter: 1/4 cup |
| vanilla extract: 1/2 tsp |
| pecans: 2 cups (chopped) |
Old Fashioned Brown Candy
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
35 min -
Cook Time
25 min -
Servings
18 serving(s)
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- Pour 1 cup of sugar into heavy pan and place over low heat.
- Begin stirring with wooden spoon and keep sugar moving; it will take about 15 minutes to completely melt all sugar and it should be the color of light brown sugar syrup.
- Pour remaining sugar, together with 1 cup milk, in heavy kettle and set over low heat to cook slowly while you are melting sugar.
- As soon as the sugar is melted, begin pouring it into kettle of boiling milk.
- Pour slowly, continue cooking and stirring just until mixture is 238 degrees to 240 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Turn out the fire and immediately add baking soda, stirring hard as it foams up.
- As soon as soda is mixed, add butter; it will melt as you stir.
- Set pan of candy off the stove for 20 minutes until lukewarm.
- Add vanilla and begin beating using a wooden spoon.
- Beat until mixture is thickened and glossy.
- Add broken nuts and mix.
- Turn into a buttered pan.