My 5 Pound Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 c. sugar
2/3 c. white Karo syrup
1/2 lb. butter (not margarine)
2 c. milk (canned milk is better)
3 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Mix butter, sugar, milk and Karo.
Bring to boil, stirring constantly until it forms a hard ball in cold water or use candy thermometer.
Then beat as long as possible, adding vanilla and nuts before pouring onto a greased cookie sheet or pan.
Cool and cut.
Immediately hide it or you may only have a pound or less left.