Grandma's Old Fashioned Fudge

3 cups sugar
1 cup whipping cream
3 oz chocolate, unsweetened
1 dash salt
2 tsp corn syrup
3 tbl butter
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup pecans

Use a 3 quart pan. Butter sides of the pan. Combine
sugar, cream, chocolate, salt and the corn syrup.
Heat over medium heat. Stir constantly until the sugar dissolves, the chocolate melts and mix comes to boiling. Cook to soft-ball (234~). Stir only if necessary.

Immediately remove from the heat. Add the butter, and
cool to lukewarm (110~) without stirring. Add vanilla and pecans, beat until thick. Spread in a buttered shallow pan.