Name: Sugar Nut Candy
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 pounds of white sugar; 1 pint of water; 1 pint of vinegar; 1 quarter of a pound of butter; 1 pound of hickory nut kernels; 1 thick saucepan; 1 very small quantity as quickly as possible directly from the centre

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Three pounds of white sugar, half a pint of water, half a pint of vinegar, a quarter of a pound of butter, one pound of hickory nut kernels. Put the sugar, butter, vinegar and water together into a thick saucepan. When it begins to thicken, add the nuts. To test it, take up a very small quantity as quickly as possible directly from the centre, taking care not to disturb it any more than is necessary. Drop it into cold water, and remove from the fire the moment the little particles are brittle. Pour into buttered plates. Use any nuts with this recipe.

3 pounds of white sugar
1 pint of water
1 pint of vinegar
1 quarter of a pound of butter
1 pound of hickory nut kernels
1 thick saucepan
1 very small quantity as quickly as possible directly from the centre

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1

Three pounds of white sugar, half a pint of water, half a pint of vinegar, a quarter of a pound of butter, one pound of hickory nut kernels.
2

Put the sugar, butter, vinegar and water together into a thick saucepan.
3

When it begins to thicken, add the nuts.
4

To test it, take up a very small quantity as quickly as possible directly from the centre, taking care not to disturb it any more than is necessary.
5

Drop it into cold water, and remove from the fire the moment the little particles are brittle.
6

Pour into buttered plates.
7

Use any nuts with this recipe.

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