5 pounds sugar,
2½ pounds glucose,
Water to dissolve same.
Cook to boil and then add 1½ pounds Spanish shelled peanuts, and stir and cook until peanuts are done, then set kettle off on a barrel and add and stir in it ½ teaspoonful of soda. After the soda is well stirred, drop in a little more soda, about ¼ teaspoonful, and stir good. Pour on the slab and spread as thin as possible. When partly cold turn batch over. By adding soda as above your batch will be the same color on both sides, not yellow on one side and brown on the other.
FRUIT BAR.
1 pound English walnuts,
1 pound pecan halves,
1 pound Brazil nuts.
½ pound cherries,
3 slices red pineapple cut up in small pieces.
¼ pound citron cut up in small pieces.
Small handful of wide sliced cocoanut.
Set this one side; now cook
5 pounds sugar,
2 pounds glucose,
Water to dissolve same to 290°.
Set off the fire and stir in all the above nuts and fruits, and finish as with Brazil or Almond Bars. This is a good, rich piece of goods and sells well.