Old Fashion Date Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. milk
1 pkg. dates, chopped
2 c. pecans, chopped

Preparation

Mix together sugar and milk in saucepan.
Cook until a soft ball forms when dropped into a cup of water.
Remove from heat. Add dates.
Mix until dates are melted into sugar.
Add chopped pecans.
Mix well.
Pour out on a long strip of cold wet cloth. Fold over and over with hands.
Chill 1 hour.
Cut in slices.