Make your own fudge

There are probably as many variations of fudge and fudge recipes as that you could probably devote a whole blog to them on there own.  So what I have chosen to do it just a basic vanilla fudge recipe to get you started. All you have to remember is that you have to keep working it after you have cooked it so that it goes cloudy and start to from the fudge. But do not over do it or you fudge goes a little lose and flaky.

For this you will need,

300ml/10floz milk

350g/12oz caster sugar

100g/3½oz butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

oil, for greasing

Get your milk sugar and butter and add it all to a pan.  Heat it all up slowly so that the sugar and butter melt together then turn up the heat and bring it to the boil.  Make sure that you are stirring this all the time.

Now it need to boil for about 15 to 20 minutes or till it gets to soft ball stage 115c/225f then remove from the heat and add the vanilla . Once you have it off the stove stir it fairly vigorously with a spoon.  Do this till it starts to thicken and the glossy look goes and it looks a little dull.  Then pour in to a lightly oiled tin.

Now with ant thing like this you are I think better to use a sugar thermometer and you can pick them up fairly cheaply . then use them for jam making and all sorts of sugar work. If you master the art of sugar craft, you can make your own sweets and at Christmas, you can just make them as present in a nice bag or box what could be better than homemade sweets. 

Once the fudge has set, you can knock it out of the try and cut it in to cubes.  And then store it in a airtight tub.