CHOCOLATE FUDGE

                                 CHOCOLATE FUDGE

                                      

INGREDIENTS:

4 Cups sugar
1 1/3cups milk or half-and-half
1/4 Cup corn syrup
1/4 Teaspoon salt
4 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate or 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/4 Cup butter or margarine
2 Teaspoons vanilla

METHOD:

1.Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with butter.
2.In a saucepan, cook sugar, milk, corn syrup, salt and chocolate over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved.
3. Cook, stirring occasionally, to 234°F  or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water; remove from heat. Stir in butter.
4. Cool mixture without stirring to 120°F, about 1 hour. (Bottom of saucepan will be lukewarm.) 
5.Add vanilla, Beat vigorously and continuously 5 to 10 minutes, using wooden spoon, until mixture is thick and no longer glossy. (Mixture will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon.)

6.Spread in pan. Let stand about 1 hour or until firm. Cut into 2-3-inch squares.