Nut Chews

Ingredients

• 2c. brown sugar
• $s tsp. soda
• 2 eggs
• lc. chopped walnuts
• lc. flour
• 1 tsp. cocoa
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• t tsp. salt

Method

1. 1

   Add eggs unbeaten to sugar.

2. 2

   Dissolve soda in a little water.

3. 3

   Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.

4. 4

   Spread thin in pans and bake in hot oven about 15 to 20 minutes.

5. 5

   When almost cool cut in squares.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Our favorite recipes (Stake Relief Society, 1954) (1954) by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. New York New York Stake. Relief Society, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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