Patience Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
1 cup pecans, broken
12 large marshmallows

Preparation

Combine 2 cups of the sugar,milk and butter in a pan.cook over low heat, stirring only until sugar is dissolved.
Melt the remaining 1 cup sugar in a skillet, without stirring till lightly browned.
Mix very gradually with the first mixture -- continue to cook to 238* or a few drops in cold water forms a soft ball.
Beat till candy is creamy and looses its gloss.
Mix in pecans.
Pour into a buttered 9\" square pan, which has been covered with marshmallows.cut into squares --
Let sit till firm.and cut into squares.