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Maple Fudge

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If you like maple flavoring and fudge, this is a good recipe for you.

Ingredients

  • 1 can Sweetened, Condensed Milk
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1-¼ cup Butterscotch Chips
  • 2 sticks Butter
  • 2 teaspoons Maple Extract

Preparation

Place all ingredients except the extract into a 2-quart microwave safe mixing bowl and microwave on high for a total of 10 minutes, pausing to stir every 2 minutes. Let cool slightly (usually about 5 to 8 minutes). Beat with a mixer for 3 minutes. Add maple extract and mix for another 2 minutes. Spread mixture into a buttered or parchment paper-lined 8 x 8-inch (or 9 x 9) square pan. Chill to set and cut into squares.

Here are my notes throughout creating this recipe:

Do beat that full 5 minutes (the 3 plus the 2 after the extract). It really does need the full 5 minutes to get it to the right consistency. When I try to rush it, it doesn’t cut nice and smooth like fudge; it breaks and crumbles.

This mixture bubbles up quite a bit, so a 2 quart mixing bowl is needed or it will boil/bubble over. Also, the bowl and the mixture are VERY HOT so when you stir every 2 minutes, be very careful.

What it looks like as you stir every 2 minutes:
the first stir after 2 minutes in the microwave, it will look very greasy because the butter is melting and very few chips are melted. After the 4 and 6 minute marks, it almost look separated – the chips are melting and the butter is fully melted, but they don’t look like they are going to come together. After 8 minutes, it starts coming together; the chips are fully melted but the edges still look greasy. Finally, at the 10 minute mark, it almost looks sticky like caramel. But beating it will create a smooth fudge consistency.

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katina on 7.24.2011

This was incredibly easy to make! Your microwave/visual notes really helped out and made me more confident that I hadn’t messed up! The fudge tastes amazing, although I would have liked a stronger maple flavor – mine tastes mostly of butterscotch still. Will definitely make again! Would this microwave technique work for chocolate fudge too?

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J on 9.17.2010

Delicious and fantastically easy. Definitely a keeper! Your notes on what it should look like at each of the microwave intervals as well as while beating the mixture were particularly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!

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