Take one pound of granulated sugar with enough water to dissolve it,
and cook with the thermometer, in the same manner as other candies, to
about 275, then set off the stove, and pour into it as many filberts
or hazelnuts as this will cover, and stir them well until they sugar,
and become very white, which will be in a few moments. Have your nuts
previously roasted a little and the skins rubbed off. Do this by
putting them in a pan in the oven, watch them closely, and as soon
as they are nearly brown enough, take them out, and as they brown
considerably after taken out of the oven, you will find, when cooled,
they will be about right; but if you had allowed them to get good and
brown in the oven, they would be roasted too much when cold. These are
very fine eating, especially for a luncheon or tea party and also look
very pretty if used in decorating your boxes. If some of them should
stick together when sugaring, break them apart before serving.