Aunt Geneva's Fudge

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup nuts

Directions

1. 1

   Mix sugar, cocoa, milk, and butter in heavy saucepan.

2. 2

   Bring to boil and boil for 5 minutes--no need to stir.

3. 3

   Set pan in cold water and stir in nuts. Keep stirring by hand till it gets glossy and starts to stiffen up (this is the tricky part--knowing when to quit stirring!), then quickly spoon out onto wax paper into tablespoon-sized pieces.

4. 4

   NOTE: If you are in doubt about when to stop stirring and start spooning, go ahead and stop. Better to have a couple of pieces of soft, sticky fudge than a whole pot full of crumbly fudge!

5. 5

   I've never timed this, so the prep time is a guess. It's pretty quick, though! I'm also guessing on the yield.