My old neighbourhood friend, Linda, sent this fudge recipe along that her mother used to make. She had lost track of it herself but someone found it recently. Linda's mom always made extra for my Dad who loved it (it was what the Winterfords gave out on Halloween...best treat in the neighbourhood!) and kept making it for my Dad long after we stopped trick or treating.
Thanks, Linda!
AUNTIE ELSIE’S FUDGE
This recipe came out in the late 50’s. Up till then, when you made fudge
you had to boil the ingredients for quite a while, test in cold water for
the temperature (soft ball, hard ball stage etc.) then cool it down and beat
like crazy till it turned into fudge. And sometimes it didn’t and you had
this non-appetising result even after all your efforts. So Auntie Elsie got
this recipe, made tons, and shared it with all of us!! We were in heaven!
½ cup butter or margarine
4 rounded tablespoons cocoa
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups icing sugar
4 tbsp. canned milk (or regular)
2 tsp. vanilla
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Melt margarine, brown sugar, and milk in pan. Stir until it boils and boil
for exactly one minute. Remove from stove. Mix in well 2 cups of icing
sugar and the vanilla. Add nuts if desired. Put in a greased pan; cut into
squares when cool.
To Make “Maple” Fudge: leave out the cocoa. You can add 1 tsp. maple
flavouring, but you don’t really need it. The brown sugar seems to do the
trick. Tastes great with the walnuts.
