How to make fudge
For a long time I had no idea how to make decent fudge and always
got some awful mess if I was brave enough to try, but then
Als showed me this way to cheat and do
it in the microwave.
I repeat it here in case anyone else also wants to know and also
to keep myself from forgetting it.
I have left out the ingredients I didn't think were very interesting,
so I'm to blame if this fudge isn't as spiffy as you prefer it.
You're definitely supposed to use vanilla and nuts at least, but
you don't need me to tell you how to add them.
To start out get a big bowl and combine
- 1 lb confectioner's sugar (yes, an entire bag! imagine!)
and
- 1/2 cup powdered cocoa
and mix them together.
Then stick in
- a stick of margarine
and
- 1/4 cup of milk
but do not stir this all together -- just put it in the bowl.
The milk is a little tricky; see below.
Now you are ready to heat it up.
Set the microwave for three minutes and put the bowl in, but keep
an eye on it because what you're really waiting for is the margarine
to melt. Once it has, take it out, stir everything together, and put
it in the freezer for a while until it hardens.
The milk is the tricky part.
If you put too much in, the fudge will turn into sticky goo instead
of fudge, so that's no good. But if you put too little in, there won't
be enough to stir it all together. So probably the best thing is to put
not quite enough in, and then when you're stirring it together after
heating if you discover it's not working, add a little more.
You can substitute coconut milk if you want; I've tried it and it works
fine. But it seems like coconut milk is a little thicker than normal
milk, so you'll need to put a little more in for there to be enough
to dissolve everything. Als advises watering it
down instead of adding more, but I haven't tried this myself.
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