Mackinac Island Style Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Preparation

Combine the milk, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt in a good sized heavy pan.
Cook at medium heat until boiling; then boil for exactly 6 minutes, stirring.
constantly.
Remove from heat and add the vanilla extract and confectioners' sugar.
Beat with a mixer until smooth and thick, and then add nuts (if desired).
Pour into a buttered pan (perhaps 9\" square) and freeze for 20 minutes.
Once the fudge is firmed up, cut it into pieces of whatever size you choose.
Peanut Butter Fudge:
Reduce the butter to 1/4 cup and add 1/2 cup of peanut butter.
Chocolate Fudge.
Mix 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder with the confectioners sugar before stirring into fudge.