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Ruth Miller's Special Fudge Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 stick salted butter (do not use margarine)
3 ⅔ cups granulated sugar
1 cup and 2 T. dark brown sugar (packed)
1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
2 bars (7 oz.) Hersey Milk Chocolate
2 squares (2 oz.) Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate
1 package (10 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chip morsels
1 T. vanilla
30 large white marshmallows
2 cups chopped pecans
Directions:
Directions:
Melt 1 stick of butter in a large sauce pan with a heavy bottom over medium heat.

Add 1 can of evaporated milk to the melted butter and then add white and brown sugar. Stir until completed dissolved. Regulate heat until it boils.

Once it starts to completely boil, set timer for 5 minutes. Boil for 5 minutes.

Remove from the burner and add marshmallows, chocolate bars, unsweetened chocolate squares, chocolate morsels and vanilla.

Stir by hand until marshmallows are dissolved and the ingredients are blended.

Let the mixture set for 3 minutes. Then use an electric mixer to completely mix candy and continue until mixer almost stops.

Then mix by hand until chocolate loses it shine and becomes thick.

Add chopped nuts and fold into mixture completely.

Grease a glass pan and add the fudge smoothing out the edges and top.

Cover and refrigerate until chilled about 20 minutes.

Cut into squares. The squares can be put in small plastic bags or covered and left in the large container. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
20-32
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30-45 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I became friends with the late Ruth Miller many years ago. She and I worked on this special fudge recipe and perfected it with the magic ingredient of marshmellows. I think it is the best fudge I have ever made or tasted.

 

 

 

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