{"id":1708,"date":"2024-12-05T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:09:48","slug":"oklahoma-nut-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/oklahoma-nut-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"OKLAHOMA NUT CANDY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>INGREDIENTS:<\/h1>\n<p>6 cups sugar, divided<br \/>\n2 cups heavy cream<br \/>\n\u00bd cup unsalted butter<br \/>\n\u00bc teaspoon baking soda<br \/>\n1 teaspoon vanilla<br \/>\n1 \u00bd cups chopped walnuts or pecan<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>PREPARATION<\/h1>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Grease a 9\u00d713 baking dish and set aside.<br \/>\nIn a small saucepan (with a heavy bottom if you have it!), pour in 2 cups of sugar and cook over low heat while stirring often. Cook until sugar is completely melted, about 20 minutes.<br \/>\nAs sugar cooks down, add the 4 cups of remaining sugar and heavy cream to a large saucepan (or dutch oven, you want a big pot here!). Simmer over low heat until the sugar in your small saucepan has melted. Add melted sugar to a large saucepan with continuously stirring.<br \/>\nBring the heat up to medium and cook mixture until 244 degrees F or softball stage.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from heat and stir in baking soda until completely combined.<\/p>\n<p>Add butter and vanilla. Stir until butter has melted and the mixture is smooth.<br \/>\nLet rest for 20 minutes.<br \/>\nAfter the mixture has rested, stir in nuts and mix until the sheen has gone. Transfer to prepared baking dish.<br \/>\nLet cool 1-2 hours or overnight. Cut into small squares to serve.<br \/>\nENJOY !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS: 6 cups sugar, divided 2 cups heavy cream \u00bd cup unsalted butter \u00bc teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"OKLAHOMA NUT CANDY - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"INGREDIENTS: 6 cups sugar, divided 2 cups heavy cream \u00bd cup unsalted butter \u00bc teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 \u00bd cups chopped walnuts or pecan &nbsp; P"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1710,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708\/revisions\/1710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}