Burnt Caramel Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
2 kitchen spoons Karo (equals scant 1/4 c.)
3/4 c. coffee cream
pinch of salt
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. toasted pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Put the first 4 ingredients in a large pan to boil.
At the same time, put 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy skillet to caramelize. Continue shaking skillet or stir with a spoon at low temperature to mix sugar and keep from burning.
When mixture boils up to a golden brown (be sure and not let it boil up too long and lose its color), pour into first mixture that is boiling.
This will boil up for a minute, so it is necessary to use the large pan.
Cook until it makes a soft ball in cold water or 240\u00b0.
Remove from fire.
Add 1/2 stick butter and the vanilla; let set for just a minute, then beat until it holds its shape when dropped from a spoon.
Add the toasted pecans or walnuts.
Drop onto wax paper. Store in tins.