—Makes about 3½ dozen
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
⅔ cup (small can) _undiluted_ Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup peanut butter
1½ cups (6¼-ounce can) chopped peanuts
Mix sugar and Carnation thoroughly in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a
rolling boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Boil for 5 minutes,
stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add vanilla, peanut butter and
peanuts. Beat until well-mixed. Drop candy rapidly from a teaspoon onto
a buttered cookie sheet. Cool.
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Use a candy thermometer to take the guesswork out of candy-making when
cooking to a specific temperature.
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