Cocoa Pecan Fudge
| Sugar (granulated), | 2 cups |
| Milk, | ½ cup |
| Cocoa, | 4 tablespoons |
| Butter, | 1 tablespoon |
| Flavoring (vanilla), | 1 teaspoon |
| Pecan meats, | ½ cup |
Mother forgot to write out in the previous recipes that it was better to first melt your butter and add the cocoa and sugar gradually, then the milk a little at a time, so that it would be smooth, but, fortunately, Betsey remembered. These she let cook until a little of the syrup dropped in cold water formed a soft ball, then removing the saucepan from the fire, Betsey placed it in a pan of cold water, added the vanilla and pecan meats, beat till it was thick like heavy cream, poured quickly into a buttered pan and marked in squares.