Rocks Candy Recipe by Ruth Paget
Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients:
-1 pound chopped walnuts
-1 cup melted butter
-1 ½ cups brown sugar
-2 beaten eggs
-1 teaspoon salt
-2 cups flour
-parchment paper for the cookie sheets
Steps:
1-Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2-Combine nuts, butter, brown sugar, and eggs in a bowl until thoroughly blended.
3-Combine salt and flour and add to the wet ingredients. Mix batter until well blended.
4-Use two spoons to drop tablespoon-size dough onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
5-Bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until light brown.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
