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Course Candy Making

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup light cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tbs butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans broken

Instructions
 

  • Butter sides of a heavy 2-quart saucepan. In it combine sugars, cream, milk, and butter. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, till sugars dissolve and mixture comes to boiling.
  • Cook to soft ball stage (238*), stirring only if necessarily.
  • Immediately remove from heat and cool to luke-warm (110*) DO NOT STIR. Add vanilla.
  • Beat vigorously till candy becomes very thick and starts to lose its gloss.
  • Quickly stir in nuts and spread in buttered shallow pan.
  • Score while warm, cut when firm
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