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1 1/3 cups brown sugar, packed

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup M&Ms plain chocolate candy

1/2 cup nuts, chopped optional

1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375. Mix brown sugar, butter or margarine, vanilla

and eggs in a large bowl until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Drop dough by rounded tsp ful about 3" apart onto lightly greased

cookie sheet. Press addition candies into each cookie if desired.

6 to 8 minutes. Cool slightly; remove to

a wire rack. 3 1/2 dozen cookies.