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Date Nut Roll

Date Nut Roll Ingredients: sugars, granulated milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d butter, without salt syrups, corn, light dates, deglet noor nuts, pecans vanilla extract candies, semisweet choc...

Date Nut Roll

Ingredients:
sugars, granulated
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
butter, without salt
syrups, corn, light
dates, deglet noor
nuts, pecans
vanilla extract
candies, semisweet chocolate

Directions:
In heavy, 3-qt saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter and corn syrup.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boiling; add dates.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until candy thermometer registers 238F degrees, or until a little in cold water forms a soft ball.
Remove from heat.
Add nuts and vanilla.
Beat until thick.
Turn out on board; divide in half.
Shape each half into a roll 1 3/4" in diameter; wrap in waxed paper; refrigerate at least 1 hour before coating with chocolate.
In top of double boiler, melt chocolate pieces over hot, not boiling, water.
Remove from heat.
Remove date rolls from refrigerator; spread half of chocolate over each roll; spreading to coat evenly all over.
Refrigerate until chocolate is hard; wrap in waxed paper until ready to cut into slices 1/3" thick.