Ingredients:

• 1½ cup pure maple syrup (not maple-flavored). 1¾ cup sugar.
• Small can (5 ounce) evaporated milk.
• ¼ teaspoon salt.
• ½ stick butter (4 tablespoons). 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (black walnuts if you like them).

Directions:

Butter an 8” square pan. Combine syrup, sugar, milk and salt in a medium saucepan. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once it is boiling, cook without stirring until it registers 238° F. Remove the pan from the heat. Beat in the butter and vanilla. Let the mixture cool slightly. Then beat like crazy until it is thick, lighter in color and loses its gloss. Stir in the walnuts and spread into prepared pan. Try to wait about half an hour before you cut it into squares