Recipe Time Out: People-Pleasing Peanut Butter Fudge

I couldn't let the holidays go by without posting a recipe guaranteed to satisfy even the most insatiable sweet tooth.  So, here's an early Christmas/Kwanzaa present (or on-time Hanukkah present) from Naptime Huddle:  Mom’s fabulous Peanut Butter Fudge recipe!

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar

½ cup Half & Half

2 Tbsp. light corn syrup

¼ cup butter or margarine

½ cup peanut butter (crunch or plain, pick your poison)

½ cup marshmallow cream

2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

Combine sugars, Half & Half and corn syrup in a pot.  Cook over low heat, stirring gently until sugar dissolves.

Cover and cook over medium heat 2-3 minutes to wash down the sugar.

Uncover and cook to soft ball stage* (approx. 235°), stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat.

Add butter, peanut butter, marshmallow cream and vanilla extract.  Stir until smooth.

Pour into buttered 8-inch square baking pan, spreading evenly.

Allow to cool at least two hours; cut into squares to serve.

Enjoy!

*For an explanation of the term “soft ball stage,” refere to Nicky’s post on the family’s Gooey Chocolate Cake recipe, found by clicking here.