Skillet cocoa fudge
Skillet cocoa fudge recipe in the fudge category
Recipe ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe method:
- Melt butter or margarine in a large, 10 inch, skillet or heavy pan.
- Add milk and heat to boiling.
- Combine sugar, cocoa and cream of tartar.
- Stir well into heated milk, using a wooden spoon.
- Continue stirring until mixture boils.
- Lower heat and cook gently, do not let it boil too hard, without stirring, to a soft ball stage, 236 degrees F, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Let stand, without moving or stirring, until candy is barely lukewarm, 110 degrees F.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Stir beat with a heavy spoon until candy becomes creamy and loses its gloss, about 8 minutes.
- Pour into lightly greased 8 inch square pan.
- Cut into pieces while still warm.
- Kneaded cocoa fudge: When candy starts to firm, pour from pan onto a hard surface and knead with hands until it is very creamy. Shape into rolls or 1 inch balls, or pat into a greased pan.
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