The week of Christmas, Ella and I decided to do some holiday baking! We made little boxes of treats for everyone that serves with Randy and I on the Worship Team. We made all sorts of little goodies and also did a repeat of
Buckeyes like we do every year. Our family could eat peanut butter fudge everyday so I decided to do a double batch of that as well! I'm so excited that Ella is getting older and we can have so much fun in the kitchen together. She has been "helping" me since she was Noah's age, but now she really is a big help and we had a lot of fun.
Since my recipe book is at home and I didn't have it with me, I just found a recipe that was similar to the one I usually use online. I'm nearly positive it was the exact recipe I have at home...either way we couldn't tell the difference!
Here's the link if you want to check it out. We also took pictures along the way to show you the process!
Alright, here goes!
When I make fudge and the kids are helping, I always start by measuring and sorting all of my ingredients into bowls that I can quickly and easily add when the recipe calls for them. I just find that once, say, your butter is melted and starting to bubble, that it's a pain to quickly measure out the next ingredient without making a mess. This also helps for Ella because she can just "dump" the next ingredient in when it's time.
So for this recipe, I started with butter in the saucepan, brown sugar ready to go, the peanut butter and vanilla in the measuring cup, and a large bowl with the powdered sugar where everything will end up.
The next thing you will need to do is find a seriously cute assistant chef. This one is taken :)
Start melting your butter :)
Here are some of my other ingredients on stand by. Please excuse my "large mixing bowl" aka POT! Mine are at home and this was the best I could do under the circumstances! But hey, "a girls gotta do, what a girl's gotta do" when she wants some fudge!!!
okay...back to making fudge! Start melting your butter until it's all melted...
Then add your brown sugar and milk into the butter and stir. Bring this mixture to a boil and let it go for 2 minutes while you stir, stir, stir!
Then, once the 2 minutes is up, slide your pot off the heat and add the peanut butter and vanilla.
Mix this in until it melts well and then pour the whole mixture into your powdered sugar.
Now all you have to do is mix it well! I usually let Ella mix it by hand a minute or two and then I smooth it out with the hand mixture.
Once it's creamy and smooth, pour it unto a pan. I doubled the recipe this time, so I'm using a big cake pan. At home I usually prefer to put this into a pice of pyrex. Also, I typically line with wax paper, but once again...improvising here! Also, it's best to use a rubber spatula and smooth the fudge out os it's nice and smooth on top. It will make it look prettier when you cut it. I didn't have one :( So after this picture I used a large spoon and patted it down nice and smooth. Now just pop this in the fridge and voila!
It was so yummy! We are actually still working on some at home! :)
Here are some pics of our other treats as well!
Enjoy!
