Hello everyone, Winnie Griggs here. Whenever my BIG South Louisiana family gets together there is always, among other things, lots of amazing food. And that includes sweets. There are pecan pralines, coconut pralines, divinity, cookies, bars, fudge, fruit candies, brittles and novelty treats for the little ones like these gnomes and reindeers.
But one of my personal favorites is just plain old fashioned peanut butter fudge. Partly because it brings back such great memories for me. It is one of the first things my mom taught me to cook. I remember her standing over me and my younger sister as we made batches of this sweet treat. Sometimes it didn’t turn out quite right and we had to eat it with a spoon. And I’ll let you in on a secret – I actually enjoyed eating it this way and on a few occasions I deliberately sabotaged the batch so that it wouldn’t harden properly. 🙂
Anyway, here is the recipe – it’s very sweet so unfortunately I can’t eat it with as much abandon as I once did. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.
Shirley’s Peanut Butter Fudge
Ingredients:
- 3 cups sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 5 cups milk
- 5 cups peanut butter (either creamy or chunky)
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
- In a heavy 4 quart saucepan, combine sugar and salt
- Stir in milk
- Over a medium heat, stir constantly until mixture reaches a bubbly boil.
- Continue to boil without stirring until mixture reaches a soft ball stage or 234 degrees.
- Quickly stir in peanut butter until well mixed.
- Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla – DO NOT STIR
- Cool to 110 degrees.
- Beat until fudge thickens and shine fades.
- Quickly spread in a buttered 8” or 9” square pan.
- Cool completely and then cut into squares.
So do you have a special treat that brings back memories for you?
I have several copies of The Holiday Courtship that I’d like to giveaway since I’m reissuing it under a new title and with a new cover so leave a comment and you just might end up with one of these.