[Sca-cooks] Hulwa? Related Sweets?

[David Friedman]

>Along similar lines, what about variations on the theme such as a 
>softer delicacy I grew up enjoying in central Oklahoma, probably 
>originating from a _Grit_ or _Capper's Weekly_ recipe:  Date-Nut Log

If you make Hulwa using honey instead of sugar, you get a softer 
variety. At least, I've never succeeded in boiling the honey down to 
the point where it produces the sort of hard candy you get with sugar.
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David/Cariadoc
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