Quick Nutty Fudge

• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1.2 cup cocoa
• 1.4 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 cup nuts (chopped or crushed) *I prefer walnuts*

Combine all ingredients except nuts in a double boiler*.  Stir until smooth and mix comes to the “soft ball” stage.   Add nuts and spread into a buttered candy dish.  Cool and cut into serving sized squares.

*If you are like me and don’t have a double boiler:
I fill up (like an inch or two from the rim) my big spaghetti pot with water, and bring it to a boil.  Then place the smaller pan with all my ingredients in that pot.  Be careful to not get burnt while holding it, and to not let boiling water boil/splash into your fudge mix.  Means you have to stir and work one handed (the other is holding the pan) but it works.

Old Fashion Fudge

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
  
• 1 cup milk
  
• 4 tablespoons butter
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Butter an 8x8 dish. 

In a saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa and then add milk. Stir constantly while bringing to a boil.  Lower heat to simmer and stop stirring.  Let simmer until “soft ball” stage.   Turn off  heat and stir in the butter and vanilla. Stir rapidly, beating with a wooden spoon until the fudge is no longer shiney. 

Pour into a greased dish and let cool.  Cut after cooled.