Buttermilk Candy Recipes

Steps:

• Put all ingredients except vanilla and nuts into pan and cook, stirring constantly until soft ball forms when dropped in cold water.
• Add vanilla and nuts and beat till creamy.
• When cool, cut into squares.
• Also makes good frosting for spice cake.

Steps:

• 1. In saucepan, boil together sugar, butter, buttermilk, until it forms a soft ball stage in cold water. Remove from the fire, beat until creamy. Pour into buttered pans, cut in squares when cool.

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, buttermilk and baking soda. Cook and stir over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 210°. , Stir in butter and pecans; cook until thermometer reads 230°. Remove from the heat; add vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon until mixture loses its gloss and begins to set, about 8 minutes. Quickly drop by teaspoonfuls onto foil-lined baking sheets. Cool.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in saucepan, mix well.
• Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Cook to 236* on candy thermometer.
• Do not stir.
• Pour over cake.

Steps:

• Butter sides of a large heavy saucepan or Dutch oven.
• Combine first 5 ingredients in pan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Using a pastry brush dipped in hot water, wash down any sugar crystals on side of pan.
• attach candy thermometer to pan, making sure thermometer does not touch bottom of pan.
• Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil. Do not stir while syrup is boiling.
• Continue t cook until syrup reaches softball stage (Approximately 234 to 240 degrees).
• Test about ½-teaspoon syrup in ice water. Syrup should easily form a ball in ice water but flatten when held in your hand.
• Remove from heat: add vanilla. DO NOT STIR until syrup cools to approximately 200 degrees.
• Using a medium speed of an electric mixer, beat fudge until thickened and no longer glossy.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into a buttered 8- inch square pan. Cool completely.
• Cut into 1-inch squares.
• Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

Steps:

• 1. Add soda to milk,add to sugar and salt. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Add nuts and butter.
• 2. Cook to softball stage. Take from stove;beat until smooth, Drop onto wax paper while hot.