Pearl Robison
4 cups sugar
1 grated lemon rind
4 cups water
40 figs (or 1 gallon), washed and drained
Combine sugar and water in large kettle, add lemon rind and bring to boil. Carefully add figs, pressing down with back of wooden spoon till all have been submerged in syrup. Bring to boil again and simmer gently 1 hour. Turn heat off and let sit till cool. Slowly bring to boil again, pressing them gently with spoon into syrup. Simmer another hour and then let cool. Repeat process once more. Syrup will be thick; watch carefully, pressing them into syrup with care. When cool, drain, saving syrup for pancakes, etc. Arrange figs on cookie sheet, put into 225 degree oven till they're dry enough to handle. Pack into small containers and store in refrigerator.
Source: Grandma Pearl made these candied confections for years, gathering the figs from the trees in the old orchard. She loved giving them as gifts to family and friends!
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