Fudge

 Recipe for fudge:

Fudge - Jewel(?) Beck

2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Dark Karo
1/2 Cup milk
2 sqr. Bitter Bakers
pinch salt
Butter

All in pan, cook toll soft ball in water - about 5,8,10 min

Found in "Capital Stories by American Authors" published by The Christian Herald, 1903.

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Babe Ruth Cookies

Recipe for "Babe Ruth Cookies."

1 egg
1 1/3 c flour
1/2 tea salt
3/4 c white sugar
1/2 tea soda
1/2 tea vanilla
1/2 c butter
2 - 5 cent bars, cut (I think they are probably referring to Baby Ruth candy bars)

Cream short (no mention of shortening above?) and sugar, beat in egg and other ingredients. Chill and bake 10-12 minutes at 375

Found in "Portrait of Jennie" by Robert Nathan. Published by Knopf, 1968.


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Mexican Pecan Candy

Typed recipe for Mexican Pecan Candy:

Ruth Jackson Mossman

2 1/2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Water
2 Cups Pecans (whole)
5 Tbs. Water (hot)

Put 2 cups of the sugar and 1 cup of the water in a pan and stir before boiling but not after. Put a cover on until still is formed on cover and sides of dish, (This prevents crystals forming on side of dish and is a good rule to follow in candy and frosting making). The sugar will just about begin to boil by that time.

Add pecans when it comes to a boil.

While sugar is coming to a boi(l), brown the 1/2 cup sugar in a small pan stirring constantly. Add this to the other mixture slowly (so it won't splatter). Wrinse the pan out with 5 Tbs. hot water and add to mixture. Boil until it forms a soft ball in water. Beat until creamy - drop on a brown paper. A failure has never been known. If they should be gritty, they are all the more like New Orleans Pralines.

Found in "The Fountain of Youth" by C.E. Burtis. Published by Frederick Fell, Inc, 1964.

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