750 ml white sugar
250 ml milk
40 ml corn syrup
125 ml pumpkin puree
1 ml salt
5 ml pumpkin pie spice
7 ml vanilla
125 ml butter or margarine
125 ml walnuts, chopped
In a large pot; mix sugar, milk, corn syrup, pumpkin and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and continue boiling. Do not stir!
Place candy thermometer in pot being careful that it doesn`t sit on the bottom of the pot. When mixture reaches 232 F (110 C); remove from heat.
Stir in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, butter and walnuts. Let sit and cool to about 110 F (45 C) on thermometer. Quickly beat mixture with electric mixer until quite thick and loses some of the gloss. Pour into greased 8 x 8 inch (20.5 x 20.5 cm) pan.
Serves 12