Date Candy

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup dates, seeded, but whole
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 put milk and sugar in pan and as soon as it boils, add dates and butter.
• 2 boil until it forms a good soft ball in cold water (watch carefully but don't stir more than absolutely necessary).
• 3 remove from fire; add nuts and stir. beat until very stiff.
• 4 dip out on a cloth wrung from cold water; knead and mold into a long roll.
• 5 let stay in damp cloth until hard and cold.
• 6 slice and serve.