Pumpkin Fudge
3 cups sugar
3 Tbls. light corn syrup
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped walnuts--optional

Butter a 8x8 inch pan. In a saucepan, mix together 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, When mixture registers 232 degrees on candy thermometer, or forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water, remove pan form heat. Stir in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, butter and nuts. Cool to lukewarm. Beat mixture until it is very thick and losed some of its gloss. Guickly pour into a buttered pan . When firm cuit into squares.