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Milk Chocolate Fudge

Hannah Lucio

This is an amazing and easy fudge recipe that I just made yesterday. I made a different recipe last week and it was disgusting! That recipe called for baking chocolate and it was gross. This is going to be my go-to recipe when I want fudge. It is really creamy, smooth and melt in your mouth fudge. I always looked forward to the holidays when my mom would make fudge and now I can have a little taste of “home” on the East Coast. Here is the easy recipe, I hope you get to enjoy it as much as we do.

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 Cups White Granulated Sugar

3/4 Cup Butter (softened, it makes it easier and faster to cook)

2/3 Cup Evaporated Milk

2 Cups Milk Chocolate Chips (I use Nestle Toll House=Yum!)

7 Ounce Jar Marshmallow Cream (I always use Kraft)

1 tsp Vanilla

Directions:

  1. Line a pan with parchment paper. Typically you would use a 9 inch square pan or in my moms case a cookie sheet for thinner fudge. I used my Cast Iron pan and it was perfect for me. It is a non-traditional shape for fudge.
  2. Use a heavy saucepan (I used my Pioneer Woman dutch oven, I’m trying to not cook with metal). Over high heat, combine; Sugar, butter and evaporated milk. Use a wooden spoon (the best for fudge) to stir slowly until butter melts. Make sure to scrape the sides of pan so you do not leave sugar crystals.
  3. Bring to a full rolling boil, stir constantly with your wooden spoon. Once it is at a full rolling boil turn the heat down to medium and cook it for 5 minutes. Make sure you stir constantly to prevent it from sticking to the bottom and to cook it evenly.
  4. Once mixture is done with the 5 minutes,  test to see if it is done. Fill a little glass cup with ice old water and drop a tsp of the very hot sugar mixture in it. If the sugar mixture can roll into a ball then it is done.
  5. Remove the mixture from the heat and add the chocolate chips. Stir until the chocolate chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Add the marshmallow cream an vanilla and mix really well until smooth. Pour into prepared pan right away.
  6. Let fudge cool down and try not to eat to much of it before then. Ha ha I really love warm fresh fudge so this is VERY hard for me!
  7. Once it is cooled take out of pan with the parchment paper, cute and serve. Make sure to really cover the fudge to prevent it from getting hard.

 

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Mulled Wine Sangria

Hannah Lucio

Another request this holiday season form the hubby was a holiday drink. When I found this recipe I thought this would be perfect to try.

Ingredients:

1 bottle of red wine, we used Cabernet Sauvignon

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup fresh orange juice

1 small orange, thinly sliced and cut in half

1 small bag of frozen strawberries

12 ounces of club soda

Combine the following ingredients in a double layer of cheesecloth. Gather edges of cheesecloth together, tie securely and set aside:

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp Ground Cloves

pinch of ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp whole cloves

1 cinnamon stick broken in half

 

Direction:

Combine 1 cup wine, sugar and cheesecloth,with ingredients in it, bring to a simmer. Cook 6 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Remove the cheesecloth and discard. Pour mixture into a pitcher, add remaining 3 cups wine. Chill thoroughly. Add juice, strawberries, orange slices. I placed it all in the fridge for about an hour and then added the club soda right before serving.

 

 

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Enjoy and Live simple!

 

Christmas, Family, Food, Uncategorized, Women

Holiday Stove top Potpourri

Hannah Lucio

I was looking for some easy ways to make our house smell great this holiday season and I found one that I love. I make a different variety of it and today I made a similar version of what I will be doing tomorrow. This is what I added today-IMG_6719[1]

Ingredients:

1 sliced orange

1 Cup Cranberries

4 Cinnamon sticks

2 Sprigs of Rosemary

1 Tsp of whole cloves

1 Tsp ground Nutmeg

8 Cups Water

I combine all the ingredients in a pot and the heat to high until it boils. That activates the ingredients. Once it starts to boil I lower the heat to a simmer and let it fill the house with amazingness. Keep an eye out on the water and fill it up when you see that water level dropping.

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Tomorrow I will have the same ingredients that are listed above but I will add 1 sliced lemon and 2 tsp vanilla.

 

This is a great and natural way to have your house smell amazing.

 

Merry Christmas and live simple