Coffee Peanut Fudge

Sugar (granulated),2 cups
Coffee,1 cup
(Not too strong, and strain
through cheesecloth.)
Butter,2 tablespoons
Peanuts (shelled),½ cup

Betsey shelled the peanuts while the sugar, coffee and butter boiled until a little of the syrup dropped in cold water formed a soft ball. Then she removed the saucepan from the fire, stood it in a pan of cold water, added the peanuts, beat the fudge until it became thick, poured it quickly into the buttered pan and marked in squares.