One cup of nuts,
One teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put sugar and butter and milk on to cook. Cook until it will form a soft ball when tried in cold water. Add vanilla, remove from stove and beat until creamy. Then put in nuts and drop from spoon on buttered papers.
MAMMY’S PEANUT CANDY
Two cups of brown sugar,
One cup of chopped peanuts,
One cup of water,
Butter the size of an egg.
Cook about twenty minutes, beat until creamy, and pour into buttered plates. When cold cut into squares.