Best 4 Date Loaf Candy Recipes

GREAT-GRANDMA CATHY'S DATE LOAF CANDY

Steps:

• Stir sugar, milk, and butter together in a saucepan; bring to a boil without stirring once the boiling begins. Heat until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball or until the mixture reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C), about 20 minutes. Immediately remove saucepan from heat and stir dates, pecans, and vanilla into the milk mixture.
• Thoroughly wet a piece of cheesecloth and lay out onto a flat work surface. Pour the candy mixture into the middle of the cloth and roll the cloth around it to shape into a log.
• Refrigerate until hard, 8 hours to overnight. Remove log from cloth and slice.

OLD FASHIONED DATE LOAF CANDY RECIPE

Steps:

• Boil sugar with milk until it forms a soft ball in water. Pour in dates, boil stirring constantly until dates are dissolved. Remove and add 1 c. of pecans and beat until cool. Pour on wet cloth and wrap up!

MOTHER'S DATE LOAF CANDY(SALLYE)

Steps:

• 1. Boil sugar and milk until the mixture forms a soft ball in water (or 236º on candy thermometer) Add dates and pecans and cook until a firm ball forms in water (or 240º on thermometer)
• 2. Remove from heat, add butter and let stand until lukewarm Beat with wooden spoon like fudge until mixture begins to thicken Pour onto a damp cloth and roll into a loaf (in damp cloth)
• 3. Place in refrigerator until cold and firm, then slice

DATE LOAF CANDY

Steps:

• Mix sugar, butter and milk. Boil until sugar dissolves then add dates and cook to soft ball. Remove from stove. Cool to room temperature. Beat until smooth, creamy and thick. Add nuts and put on a cold, wet cloth and roll.