Chocolate Fudge

This is a great chocolate fudge recipe. It can be doubled.

Ingredients:

1 cup heavy cream

2 cups sugar

4 oz. chocolate
                                    chips

1/2 stick salted butter

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 lb. chopped
                                    walnuts

1. Combine heavy cream, sugar and chocolate chips in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until sugar dissolves. Wash down sides of pot with a pastry brush to dissolve sugar crystals.

2. Bring to a boil and cook until mixture reaches soft-ball stage, or 238 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove pan from the heat and stop the cooking by plunging pot in a water bath for 1 minute. Add the butter and vanilla, but do not stir.

3. When the thermometer reads 110 degrees, mix fudge with a wooden spoon until creamy. Add the nuts and mix well.

4. Spoon into a greased 8 x 8 baking pan. Let cool and then cut into squares.

Yield: 1 lb.

 

Easy Fudge

This is what's called an "easy" fudge recipe, and you'll find out why! It tastes great!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 box powdered
                                    sugar

1/2 cup cocoa 

1 stick salted butter, cut into pieces

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1. Put all ingredients in a bowl, and microwave on high for 2 minutes, or until butter is melted.

2. Mix well, then pour in a greased 8 x 8 baking pan. Cool and cut into squares.

Yield: 1 lb.