Date candy (dulce de datiles)
Date candy (dulce de datiles) recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1/2 pound chopped, pitted dates
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons butter
Recipe method:
- In a saucepan, mix milk, honey, sugar and salt.
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add chopped pecans and dates.
- Stir the mixture until it is thick. This should take less than 1 minute.
- Stir in vanilla extract and butter and spoon the mixture into a greased mold or onto a plate and allow it to cool.
- To use as a filling for pie, either double or increase the recipe by 50 percent, depending on the size of the pie plate.
- Pour the mixture into a prebaked crust.
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