Extravagant Old-fashioned Fudge

Description
Purchased from the Bivins Estate in Dallas, Texas in 1990. Dated 1942.
 * Contributed by Cat's Recipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 2 cups granulated sugar
 * 1 cup milk
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
 * 2 tablespoons white corn syrup
 * 2 tablespoons butter
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
 * ½ cup chopped pecans

Directions

 * 1) In saucepan combine sugar, milk, salt, chocolate, corn syrup; stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
 * 2) Cook gently, stirring occasionally until a little mixture dropped into cold water forms soft ball.
 * 3) Remove from heat and drop in butter.
 * 4) Do not stir.
 * 5) Cool without stirring.
 * 6) Add vanilla.
 * 7) With spoon, beat until candy loses gloss and small amount dropped from spoon holds its shape.
 * 8) Add nuts.
 * 9) Turn into greased loaf pan.
 * 10) Cool and cut into squares.