Butter Pecan Fudge Recipe
Dec 02, 2014 in christmas, desserts, recipe, outofthekitchen, candy, epicurious, fudge. Read the original on: Growing Up Gabel
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Give classic holiday fudge a fun twist with this butter pecan fudge recipe! Gather your kids and spend some time together making an old fashioned holiday treat.
I have always loved baking and cooking during the holiday season. It’s such a perfect time of year to spend making something yummy to eat with friends and family. From cookie baking to gingerbread house decorating, the holidays provide an excuse to gather in the kitchen and be creative with family and friends. When I was a little girl I had visions of an all day cookie fest spent in the kitchen with my mom and two sisters. We never really managed a cookie fest, but we did manage to whip up a few treats every year, one of which was a huge pan of chocolate fudge made with marshmallow cream. It was a family favorite and we’d eat it by the pound.
As an adult, and feeling adventurous, I wanted to make real fudge – without the marshmallows. Somewhere along the way a friend sent me a recipe for butter pecan fudge that was the best fudge I’ve ever had. The ingredients for butter pecan fudge are pretty basic – butter, heavy cream, vanilla, salt, pecans and three kinds of sugar. But oh my goodness, the end result is a melt in your mouth goodness that is incredible.
Like most candy making, fudge is pretty simple to make it just takes a little patience and a lot of stirring. You mix together the cream, two sugars, salt and butter together in a pot and let it come to a boil. The mixture boils, while you stir constantly, for 5 minutes. Then you add more sugar and the pecans and it just needs to cool.
The fudge will be set once it is cooled to room temperature, but I like to give it 24 hours to really firm up.
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Butter Pecan Fudge Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- Dash of salt
- 1 teaspoon homemade vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup pecans, toasted, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- To toast the pecans - place in a single layer on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven for about 5 minutes or until you can smell the pecans. You can also toast the in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Measure out powdered sugar in to a medium bowl and set aside.
- Grease an 8 x 8 baking pan with butter and set aside.
- Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, whipping cream and salt in a medium size pot. Heat the mixture over medium heat until it begins to boil and the bubbles do not disappear when you mix them. It will only take a few minutes to come to a full boil.
- Set a time for 5 minutes and stir the mixture constantly while it boils.
- Once the 5 minutes are up, remove the pan from the heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in pecans.
- Pour the fudge in to your prepared pan. Allow fudge to cool until room temperature before cutting, but preferably 24 hours.
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home
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