Boil a cup of brown sugar, a half cup of molasses, a cup of cream and 2 oz. of butter.
Stir constantly as it boils until a soft ball is formed in cold water.
Add a half teaspoon of vanilla and pour over a pint of pecan nut meats.
Stir until it begins to sugar.
Then drop from the tip of a spoon in small cakes on buttered pans or plates.