Tom'S Caramels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
2 c. light corn syrup
2 c. sugar
2 (15 oz. each) cans Eagle Brand milk
1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
nuts (optional)

Preparation

In a heavy pan, melt butter over low heat on top of stove. Add corn syrup and sugar.
Boil for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Add 1 1/2 cans of Eagle Brand milk.
Mix flour thoroughly with remaining Eagle Brand milk, then add to corn syrup-sugar mixture.
Boil until mixture darkens and forms a medium-hard ball (240\u00b0).
Stir constantly or mixture will stick and burn.
Add vanilla and pour into buttered 2 x 13 x 2-inch pan. Chill.
Cut into 1-inch pieces and wrap in wax paper.
Great for Christmas giving.