My fudge did not turn out as solid as I would have liked it this year, and that is, in a large part, due to me not going back and revising the basic techniques for fudge making before I start testing new recipes. My bad. Making chocolate-less fudge can always be little bit dicey, but my biggest mistake was that I stirred the fudge once it had reached boiling point. Oops. Double Oops. I revised the recipe below to include these additional techniques and tips, but I have yet to go back and test them out. I’m classing this recipe as a work in progress until I can go back and test out the revisions, but the flavors are excellent and theoretically it should work?
Ingredients:
- Oil Spray (for greasing)
- 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp Light Corn Syrup
- 1 cup Half and Half
- 1/3 cup Tahini
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Confectionary Sugar
- 1/2 cup diced salted Butter (1 stick total)
- 1/2 cup shredded Coconut
Directions:
- Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap.
- Lightly spray the plastic wrap with oil.
- Combine the brown sugar, tahini, half and half, corn syrup, and vanilla in a deep heavy bottomed pot.
- Bring the mixture to a boil. Do not stir after your mixture has started to boil.
- Insert a candy thermometer, and allow your syrup to continue to cook until it reaches the softball stage and your thermometer reads 236 F (~113).
- Meanwhile, use a wet brush to brush down the sides of the pot to prevent any crystals from forming.
- Once the syrup has reached the soft ball stage, turn off the burner, and let it cool to 110 F (~43 C).
- When the syrup had cooled sufficiently, stir in the confectionary sugar and the butter.
- Press the fudge into your loaf pan using an oiled spoon or spatula.
- Sprinkle with shredded coconut.
- Let it set overnight before cutting it into individual pieces. After I cut them into individual pieces, I rolled mine into 1″ balls, and then rolled them shredded coconut.
How do you keep doing this? It’s like every week you have some new awesomeness that I can’t figure out how to make and then I leave your blog drooling.
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Thanks! I get a lot of mileage out of the holiday season. It’s cold enough outside that I stick to indoor activities that keep me near the stove, I can gift a lot of these goodies to loved ones so I don’t end up being the only one eating them, and there are plenty of holiday parties to bake for. I get a lot of practice, and chances to experiment at these time of year – so benefits my blog. I feel like I have to make the most of it because come January it seems like everyone is off sweets until Easter. That’s when I’ll go back to my boring, heathy, whole-grain bread baking. So enjoy another week or two of, hopefully, drool worthy confections!
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Well thank you for explaining it 😉 That makes sense! Its still awesome that you know how to do all of this. And whoever is off sweats until Easter – Blasphemy! LOLz
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