Dessert

Grandma’s Peanut Butter Fudge

Name: Grandma’s Peanut Butter Fudge
Yield: 16 squares
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, melted (do not brown); ½ cup evaporated milk; 1½ cups sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 7–8 tablespoons peanut butter

Passed down for generations, this is the creamy, rich peanut butter fudge that always disappears first from the Christmas tin.

Total: 20 minutesMakes: 16 squares

How to make it

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Do not let it brown.
Add the evaporated milk and sugar. Bring to a boil and cook for 6–7 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla and peanut butter until smooth and creamy.
Pour into a buttered flat pan. Refrigerate until set, then cut into squares.

Holly’s note: For firmer fudge, stay closer to 7 tablespoons of peanut butter. For a creamier texture, use 8.