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Pecan Candies


2 'T. butter 4% salt Salted

2 C. pecan halves Pecans 1

Melt butter, add salt, and stir until dissolved. Add pecans and shake until each half is well buttered. Place in a medium oven and bake 7 minutes, or until a golden brown. Pour out on brown paper.

Polly Cooper.

1 egg white 1 t salt Salted

2 'T. water 4 6. pecan halves Pecans IT Add water to slightly beaten exe white. Add salt and stir until dissolved. Add pecans, shake until they are all well covered, and bake in a hot oven 11 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour out on brown paper.

Mrs. Bertha S. Heady.

2 T. butter 1 +t. celery salt Salted 2 C. pecan halves Pecans Ii Melt butter, add pecans, and stir until they are covered, Brown in medium oven 7 minutes. Remove from oven, sift with celery salt, and pour out on brown paper.

Mrs. R. D. Gillespie.

2 C, brown sugar 1 C. water Seafeam i $ eream of tartar 2 egg whites 2G. chopped pecans

Stir sugar, cream of tartar, and water in sauce- pan until thoroughly dissolved. Boil until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Pour hot syrup over stiffly beaten egg whites and stand the bowl in ice water until the mixture begins to thicken. Add pecans and drop from a teaspoon on waxed paper.

Mrs. Maude Lucas.

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