Candy Recipes
Apricot Roll
At Christmastime, add a few chopped red and green candied cherries with the pecans.
Yield: one 2 pound roll
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 12 ounces dried apricots, chopped fine
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
Instructions
- Boil sugar and milk mixture until it thickens (236 degrees F on candy thermometer), stirring constantly.
- Add apricots and boil until they melt into the syrup and mixture reaches about 230 degrees F on candy thermometer.
- Remove from heat and beat hard. Add butter, pecans, vanilla extract and salt. Beat candy until it begins to harden.
- Pour onto a wet, smooth cloth and roll to desired diameter.
- Cool; then store in refrigerator.
- Cut into thin slices to serve.