Spiced Nuts and Coffee Coated Pecans

Two recipes:

Coffee Coated Pecans

Cobine:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water or milk
1 T. instant coffee

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until boils. Cook to a soft boil.

Add 2 cup pecans. Stir, then spread

Spiced Nuts

Bring to soft ball stage:

1 cup sugar
1/2 t salt
1/2 t nutmeg
1/2 t cloves
1 t cinnamon
1/2 c water

Add 1/2 lb. pecan and 1/2 t vanilla. Stir until creamy. Cool. Spread on foil. Break nuts apart.

Found in "First Comes Love" by Christie Ridgway. Published by Avon, 2002.

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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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Pecan Strawberry Rhubarb Dessert

Pecan Strawberry Rhubarb Dessert

1 No. 2 can Strawberry Rhubard pie filling
1 small box (9 ozs) white cake mix
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 stick margarine melted

Place pie filling in 8" square pan. Sprinkle mix over top. Place nut meats over this. Drizzle melted margarine evenly over all. Bake in 350° oven 1 hour. Serve warm with whipped cream, Cool Whip, or ice cream.

Found in "Hedda Gabler and other plays" by Henrik Ibsen, published by Penguin, 1992.