Old fashioned caramels

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       Title: Old Fashioned Caramels
  Categories: Penndutch, Candies
       Yield: 1 servings
  
   2 1/2 tb Butter
       2 c  Brown sugar
       2 tb Molasses
     1/2 c  Milk, condensed
       4    Chocolate, unsweetened, squa
            -e
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 c  Nuts, chopped
  
   Melt the butter, add the sugar, molasses and the milk and bring to a
   boil. Cut the chocolate in small pieces and add, stirring constantly
   until the chocolate is melted. Boil until the caramel forms a soft
   ball when dropped in cold water. Add the extract and the nuts and
   pour into a greased pan. Cool a little and when fairly firm, cut in
   squares.
   
   Source:  Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
   Arts Press, 1936.
  
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