Favorite Old-Fashioned Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 Tbsp. cocoa
2 c. sugar
dash of salt
2/3 c. milk
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Mix cocoa, sugar, salt, milk and butter.
Cook and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves and mixture boils.
Reduce heat until mixture simmers.
Cover and cook three minutes.
Uncover. Boil, without stirring, until candy reaches soft ball stage (234\u00b0).
Remove from heat.
Add vanilla.
Cool to lukewarm, beating until mixture begins to thicken and lose gloss.
Stir in nuts and pour into 8 x 8-inch buttered pan.