1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 squares chocolate
Directions
Notes: Handwritten on inside cover of The Boston Cooking School
Cookbook Possibly Great-Grandma Davis's recipe. 1920's at the
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Beat when cool.
Servings: 6 servings
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