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This old fashioned candy recipe is from an old church cookbook.

4 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1/4 lb butter or margarine
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped nut meats

Cook brown sugar, milk, butter or margarine, and salt, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Cook at medium heat to the soft ball stage. Remove from the heat; cool. Add vanilla and nut meats. Beat till thick. Pour into a buttered pan and when cool, cut into squares.

Makes 3 pounds.

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