Date-and-nut Roll Recipe

Date-and-nut Roll Recipe

Yield: 1 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:
-Nancy Speicher DPXX20A,
3 cup: Sugar,
1 cup: Evaporated milk,
3 tbsp: Butter or margarine,
3 tbsp: Light corn syrup,
1 cup: Dates, chopped
1 cup: Pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 tsp: Vanilla extract,
6 ounce: Semisweet chocolate pieces,

Directions:

1. In heavy, 3-qt saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter and corn
syrup. cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon,
until sugar dissolves & mixutre comes to boiling; add dates.
2. Cook, stirring occasionally, until candy thermometer registers
238F, or until a little in cold water forms a soft ball.
3. Remove from heat. Add nuts & vanilla. Beat until thick. Turn out
on board; divide in half. Shape each half into a roll 1 3/4" in
diameter; wrap in waxed paper; refrigerate at least 1 hour before
coating with chocolate.
4. In top of double boiler, melt chocolate pieces over hot, not
boiling, water. Remove from heat.
5. Remove date rolls from refrigerator; spread half of chocolate
over each roll; spreading to coat evenly all over. refrigerate until
chocolate is hard; wrap in waxed paper until ready to cut into slices
1/3" thick. Makes 2 1/4 lbs.
From McCalls Cookery No. 13


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