Mexican Kisses

Ingredients

• Brown sugar, 2 cups
• Sweet milk, i^ cup
• Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon
• English walnuts (broken in bits), 1 pound

Method

1. 1

   Put the sugar and milk in a stewpan, and cook gently till a little dropped in cold water will ball when rubbed in the fingers.

2. 2

   It will take about 10 minutes to reach this stage.

3. 3

   Stir constantly while boiling as it scorches easily.

4. 4

   Add the butter, and as soon as melted, remove the pan from the fire and beat steadily till the mixture is creamy and a bit granulated.

5. 5

   Then stir in the walnuts or other nut-meats, beat hard, and turn into buttered pans, and set away to harden in a cool place.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MEXICAN KISSES Brown sugar, 2 cups. Sweet milk, i^ cup, Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon, English walnuts (broken in bits), 1 pound

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